Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation: towards a nuclear-weapon-free world?

Abstract: This book examines the current debate on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, notably the international non-proliferation regime and how to implement its disarmament provisions. Discussing the requirements of a new international consensus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, this book builds on the three pillars of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT): non-proliferation, disarmament and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It reviews the impact of Cold War and post-Cold War policies on current disarmament initiatives and analyses contemporary proliferation problems: how to deal with the states that never joined the NPT (India, Pakistan and Israel); how states that have been moving toward nuclear weapons have been brought back to non-nuclear-weapon status; and, in particular, how to deal with Iran and North Korea. The analysis centres on the relationship between disarmament and non-proliferation in an increasingly multi-centric world involving China and India as wel

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
ISBN
9780415586344
Extent
Online-Ressource, 274 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
London
(who)
Taylor & Francis
(when)
2011
Creator

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-273757
Rights
Open Access; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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