Disarming Apartheid : the end of South Africa's nuclear weapons pogram and accession to the Treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, 1968-1991 / Robin E. Möser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Möser, Robin E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--South Africa.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy--South Africa.

Nuclear weapons.

South Africa--Foreign relations--1961-1978.

South Africa.

South Africa--Foreign relations--1978-1989.

South Africa--Foreign relations--1989-1994.

South Africa--Military policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 223 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Reconstructs South Africa's decision-making and diplomatic negotiations on nuclear weapons program. Brings new insights to discussions of nuclear energy and foreign policy. Explains the emergence of South Africa's international status by highlighting its unique disarmament experience and analyzing its non-linear path to NPT accession"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title page

Imprints page

Dedication

Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

South African Characteristics: The Apartheid Legacy

South Africa and the NPT

About the Book

Archival Research

Interviews

Outline of the Book

1 The Development of Pretoria's Nuclear Industry and Relations with the IAEA, 1950-1977

1.1 Into the Cold War: Uranium Mining and Atoms for Peace

1.2 The NPT's Article IV and South Africa's Position on the Treaty

1.3 From 'Atoms for Peace' Beneficiary to a Global Nuclear Actor

1.4 Towards the Late 1970s: South Africa Finds Itself Alone

But Well-Equipped!

2 Towards Nuclear Weapons

Away from Safeguards: The NPT Position, 1977-1981

2.1 Into the 1970s: The Growth of the South African Defence Sector

2.2 The Carter Administration and the Koeberg Nuclear Fuel Issue

2.3 The Carter Administration Pushes for South African Accession to the NPT

2.4 Pretoria's Reasons for Continued Non-accession to the NPT

3 Nuclear Diplomacy: NPT Defiance Vs Non-proliferation Efforts, 1981-1988

3.1 Reagan's First Term: Reviving US-South African Nuclear Relations

3.2 Reagan's Second Term: Diminishing Leverage over Pretoria

3.3 US Non-proliferation Efforts and Attempts of Rapprochement with Pretoria

3.4 Pretoria's NPT Strategy: Prospects of Change

4 Towards the End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988-1989

4.1 The End of the Cold War and South Africa's NPT Position

4.2 Into 1989

Domestic Political Changes

4.3 Indefinite Stalling or Meaningful Progress: Pretoria's NPT Approach under de Klerk

5 South African Movement towards NPT Signature, 1990-1991

5.1 The Interplay between the Domestic and International Dimensions

5.2 US Non-proliferation Policies and de Klerk's Visit to Washington

5.3 Continued FLS Lobbying and Movement in the South African Position

5.4 Signature to the NPT and South Africa's Return to the IAEA

6 Post-NPT Accession: Champion of Non-proliferation Norms

Or Recalcitrant Proliferation Hotspot?

6.1 Signing the Safeguards Agreement

6.2 The IAEA Verification Mission in South Africa

6.3 Scaling Down the Nuclear Industry and the AEC-ESKOM Relationship

6.4 Becoming a Global Disarmament Champion

6.5 American Attempts to Obtain South African HEU Stocks

Conclusion

Towards an Alternative View: Elucidating the NPT Trajectory

Ramifications of South Africa's Nuclear Reversal

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Mar 2024).

ISBN:

9781009307055

1009307053

9781009307062

1009307061

9781009307031

1009307037