Overview
- Intersects the distributed ledger technology (DLT) community with the international security community
- Identifies areas where DLT could be applied to better streamline global nuclear and chemical supply chains
- Identifies how DLT applications can increase assurances in conclusions of compliance with disarmament treaties
Part of the book series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications (ASTSA)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book intersects the distributed ledger technology (DLT) community with the international security community. Given the increasing application of blockchain technology in the fields of business and international development, there is a growing body of study on other use cases. For instance, can blockchain have a significant role in preserving and improving international security? This book explores this question in the context of preventing the proliferation of some of the most dangerous materials in the world—items that if not secured can lend to the development of weapons of mass destruction. It considers how blockchain can increase efficiencies in the global trade of nuclear and chemical materials and technology, thereby increasing assurances related to compliance with international nonproliferation and disarmament treaties.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Cindy Vestergaard is Senior Fellow and Director of the Nuclear Safeguards and Blockchain in Practice programs at the Stimson Center. Before joining Stimson in 2016, she was Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to DIIS, she worked on non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament policy and programming at Canada’s foreign ministry. She has a B.A. in international relations from the University of British Columbia, a M.A. in international relations and European Studies from Central European University (Budapest, Hungary), and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Copenhagen. She has taught M.A.-level courses on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) at the University of Copenhagen and regularly asked to speak internationally on nuclear, biological and chemical non-proliferation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Blockchain for International Security
Book Subtitle: The Potential of Distributed Ledger Technology for Nonproliferation and Export Controls
Editors: Cindy Vestergaard
Series Title: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86240-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86239-8Published: 26 October 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-86242-8Published: 27 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-86240-4Published: 25 October 2021
Series ISSN: 1613-5113
Series E-ISSN: 2363-9466
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 107
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour
Topics: Database Management, Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks, International Security Studies, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary, Supply Chain Management, Trade