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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822139203321

Titolo

Nuclear proliferation and international order : challenges to the non-proliferation treaty / / edited by Olav Njlstad

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-92287-3

1-136-92288-1

1-282-78105-7

9786612781056

0-203-84482-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Routledge global security studies

Altri autori (Persone)

NjlstadOlav

Disciplina

327.1747

Soggetti

Nuclear arms control - International cooperation

Nuclear nonproliferation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; 1 Introduction: The present nuclear order, how it came about, why it may not last; Part I: Challenge from outside: The problem of non-legal nuclear weapon states; 2 The Indian nuclear program: Motivations, effects, and future trajectories; 3 Pakistan's nuclear weapons programme: Past and future; 4 Israel's nuclear capability: Implications on Middle East security; Part II: Challenges from within: The NPT defectors; 5 How to bring North Korea back into the NPT; 6 Challenge from within: The case of Iran

Part III: Challenge from below: Nuclear trafficking and terrorism7 The threat of nuclear terrorism; 8 The atomic terrorist?; Part IV: Challenge from above: The unfulfilled nuclear disarmament pledge of the five legal nuclear-weapon states; 9 The United States and the NPT "double bargain"; 10 The nuclear policy of Russia and the perspectives for nuclear disarmament; 11 Creating "nuclear order": An open-ended process; 12 The UK, responsible nuclear sovereignty and the disarmament threshold; 13 France and nuclear non-proliferation: From benign neglect to active promotion



14 Departing revolution: China's changing nuclear policies during the Cold War15 China's policy on nuclear weapons and disarmament; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century.Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the NPT is in serious trouble and may not be able to stop the further spread of nuclear weapons. If so, international stability will be undermined, with potentially disastrous consequences, and the vision of a nuclear weapon-free world will become utterly unrealistic. More specifically, the NPT is exposed to four main challenges, explo