Nuclear Rules, Not Just Rights: The NPT Reexamined
Henry D. Sokolski
With 190 state members, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is almost universal. However, it has fallen on hard times. North Korea violated it and withdrew in 2002. Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea—the nuclear-armed states most likely to use them—refuse to sign. Others—e.g., Syria, South Korea, and Egypt—have violated its safeguards and yet suffered no serious consequences. Also, with the Iran deal, enriching uranium or reprocessing spent reactor fuel, which can bring states to the very brink of bomb making, is now less taboo. Finally, with President Trump’s suggestion that South Korea’s and Japan’s acquisition of nuclear weapons is inevitable, the prospect of the treaty lasting in perpetuity is easily open to question.
年:
2017
出版社:
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
言語:
english
ページ:
186
ISBN 10:
0986289582
ISBN 13:
9780986289583
ファイル:
PDF, 896 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2017