This edited volume provides a fresh analysis for researcher and practitioners regarding United Nations Security Council resolution 1540, the status of its implementation, and its future by providing an original evaluation of progress in implementation and challenges faced during the resolutions first decade. In doing so, the book will consider the resolutions utility as a non-proliferation tool with a view to identifying what further actions are required for the objectives and goals embodied by UNSCR 1540 to be achieved and sustained.  The book progresses by exploring the history of the resolution, implementation trends, implementation from a regional perspective, challenges, and future ways forward. The book appeals to a wide readership of scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders of the 1540 process.

Daniel Salisbury is a Fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA. Before joining CNS Daniel worked at in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London (KCL), UK on a series of projects on non-proliferation, export controls and nuclear security.

Ian J. Stewart is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of War Studies and runs Project Alpha at King's College London, UK. Before joining KCL, Mr Stewart worked for the British Ministry of Defence, where he was an analyst working on issues related to non-proliferation and illicit trade.

Andrea Viski is a Senior Research Associate at Project Alpha, Department of War Studies, Kings College London, UK, focusing on strategic trade controls and capacity-building. She previously worked for the European Commission and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Sweden. She is the current editor-in-chief of the Strategic Trade Review.

Chapter 1: Introduction - Daniel Salisbury, Ian J. Stewart, and Andrea Viski.- Chapter 2: A History of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 - William H. Tobey.- Chapter 3: UNSCR 1540: Implementation Trends - Andrea Viski.- Chapter 4: Regional Implementation of UNSCR 1540 - Rajiv Nayan.- Chapter 5: UNSCR 1540 Implementation: Challenges Past and Present - Daniel Salisbury.- Chapter 6: Preventing WMD Proliferation: The Future of UNSCR 1540 - Ian J. Stewart.- Chapter 7: Conclusions: the Future of UNSCR 1540 - Daniel Salisbury, Ian J. Stewart, and Andrea Viski.- Appendix 1: Full Text of UNSCR 1540 (2004).