Nuclear weapons : law, policy, and practice / Stuart Casey-Maslen, University of Pretoria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Casey-Maslen, Stuart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 246 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

A new nuclear arms race is underway between Russia and the United States, one that focuses on the technology of delivery of nuclear warheads. This book describes how and why this race is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law. A global nuclear ban treaty entered into force in January 2021, but the nuclear powers kept distant. The last remaining treaty restraining the arsenals of the two nuclear superpowers will expire in less than five years' time and the risk is that other States will turn to nuclear arms for their defence, further fracturing the non-proliferation regime installed after the Cuban missile crisis.

Contents:

Introduction

The development of nuclear weapons

Use of nuclear weapons

The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons

The testing of nuclear weapons

Agreements between Russia and the United States

Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons

Verification

Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law

Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Oct 2021).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781009039864

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.