Chemical and biological weapons now more than ever a growing concern for the global community, this is demonstrated by the fact that President W Bush and the allies stated one of their prime objectives for going into Iraq was to find and seize weapons of mass destruction and the factories they were being made in. The allies objective here can be construed as a method of arms control' but from media evidence and the fact that the Gulf conflict is still taking place it can be argued that it doesn't create stability for the states concerned or the International stage. Nonetheless there the Chemical Weapons Convention which first sat in 1972 during the Cold War bans the use stockpile, development, production, and sale of these weapons; this has been ratified by more than seventy nations. A number of states have not signed up to this convention Egypt, Libya, North Korea, and Syria for example. It would be easy to assume that the reason these countries have yet to join this convention is because they have something to hide but there may be other circumstances that inhibit them from joining. They may have bad relations with some of the member states at the convention, this raises a problem, there is no possible way to make states comply with terms that in fact other countries have set down, it seems that for arms control to create stability each country has to take the guidelines and restrictions that arms control carries it cannot be forced or compromised. A good example to look at to find evidence of this almost bully boy tactics by larger states towards smaller states to accept arms control is that of India and Pakistan. The global community would find it prudent if India adhered to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), it would also bring their government several advantages. For instance, adhering would ease international pressures spearheaded by the United States, Great Britain, and France, notably three internationally powerful countries.
