Once and future partners : the United States, Russia, and nuclear non-proliferation / edited by William C. Potter and Sarah Bidgood.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Potter, William C., editor.

Bidgood, Sarah (Senior research associate), editor.

International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Series:

Adelphi (Series) (International Institute for Strategic Studies) ; 464-465.

Adelphi series, 1944-5571 ; 464-465

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--Russia.

United States.

International relations.

Russia.

Russia--Foreign relations--United States.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear arms control.

Diplomatic relations.

Physical Description:

293 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge ; London : IISS, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2018.

Summary:

"Relations between the United States and Russia today are beset by rivalry in almost every sphere, and mutual suspicion reigns. Both parties have shunned arms-reduction talks and are pursuing nuclear modernisation programmes; a new nuclear arms race looms. Yet the two leading nuclear powers have shared interests in checking the proliferation of nuclear weapons and related technologies, as did the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War. This Adelphi book reaches back to episodes of US-Soviet cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation to idenfify factors that permitted successful joint action, even in circumstances of profound geopolitical rivalry. It includes essays on the collaboration that prevented South Africa from conducting a nuclear-weapon test in 1977; Cold War era discussions on peaceful nuclear explosions and the developments that led from the Limited Test-Ban Treaty to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT); negotiating and sustaining the NPT; the establishment of the London Club and nuclear-export controls; bolstering IAEA safeguards; and negotiating the draft Radiological Weapons Convention. From these case studies, the editors identify seven lessons for contemporary policymakers and three immediate challenges that can only be overcome through bilateral cooperation"--Back cover.

Contents:

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One. The origins of US-Soviet non-proliferation cooperation / William C. Potter

Chapter Two. The 1977 South Africa nuclear crisis / Sarah Bidgood

Chapter Three. Peaceful nuclear explosions: from the Limited Test-Ban Treaty to the Non-Proliferation Treaty / Paul Warnke

Chapter Four. Negotiating and sustaining the Non-Proliferation Treaty: challenges and lessons for US-Russia cooperation / Lewis A. Dunn

Chapter Five. The establishment of the London Club and nuclear-export controls / Sarah Bidgood

Chapter Six. IAEA safeguards: patterns of the interaction and their applicability beyond the Cold War / Nikolai Sokov

Chapter Seven. Negotiating the draft Radiological Weapons Convention / Lesley Kucharski, Sarah Bidgood and Paul Warnke

Chapter Eight. Lessons for the future / William C. Potter and Sarah Bidgood.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-288) and index.

ISBN:

1138366366

9781138366367

OCLC:

1042352510