Curbing the spread of nuclear weaponsWith the 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty in the background, this book provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons for the specialist and non-specialist alike. It considers nuclear weapons from varying perspectives, including the technology perspective, which views them as spillovers from nuclear energy programmes; and the theoretical perspective, which looks at the collision between national and international security – the security dilemma – involved in nuclear proliferation. It aims to demonstrate that international security is unlikely to benefit from encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons except in situations where the security complex is already largely nuclearised. |
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... arrangement to tolerate a world where the institutional arrangement collapsed, the powerful states can normally expect to obtain privileges for themselves within the context of the institutional bargain. The Comprehensive Test Ban ...
... arrangement is not therefore to be judged by occasional failures as such (which simply demonstrate the fact that it is needed) but by how well its chief backers react and adapt to these emerging realities. 1 Nuclear weapons and nuclear ...
... arrangement occurred in the context of the attack on the plutonium fuel cycle in the name of nuclear non-proliferation by the US Carter administration in the 1970s, which led to the suspension of the barter deal. To meet the gap, the ...
... arrangement dated back to 1970 and coincided not only with Britain's successful approach to join the European Community but also with a decision to base Britain's next generation of nuclear power reactors on a design – the advanced gas ...
... of a 'natural harbour' kind in favour of a very expensive and elaborate arrangement, using land at Drigg adjacent to the main reprocessing plant at Sellafield. The public sensitivity concerning the safety of nuclear waste and,
Contents
The International Atomic Energy Agency and safeguards | |
Understanding nuclearfree zones | |
United States policy on nonproliferation and the Nuclear Non | |
Bargaining for test ban treaties | |
A The Baruch Plan | |
B Atoms for Peace | |
Treaty of Tlatelolco documentation and texts | |
E Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean | |