Nuclear arms control in peril : why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty matters and how to save it / Thomas D. Grant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grant, Thomas D., 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968 June 12).

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (2017 July 7).

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

Nuclear energy--Law and legislation--History.

Nuclear energy.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 168 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.

Summary:

In this book, a former US Department of State senior arms control official critically analyses two pivotal nuclear arms control treaties: the established Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the rising Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Contents:

Front Cover

Nuclear Arms Control in Peril: Why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Matters and How to Save It

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Contents

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction: A Tale of Two Treaties

one Three Pillars or One Foundation?

Peaceful use and safeguards

Article IV: peaceful use in the non-proliferation frame

Article III: safeguards against proliferation

Shaky pillars and the peaceful use conceit

Article VI: pursuit of negotiations

Reasons to negotiate, negative and affirmative

Overreading Article VI

two The TPNW Challenge

Origins of the TPNW

The provisions of the TPNW

Consequences of the TPNW and the missing negotiation piece

NPT and TPNW hand in hand-or the absolutists' triumph?

Non-proliferation abhors a vacuum

The TPNW's asymmetric effect

three Article VI Interpreted and Applied

The text and a post-Cold War question

Negotiation requirements generally

The negotiation requirement in Article VI

The 'pursue negotiations' clause

The 'effective measures' clause

four China and the NPT

'Breathtaking expansion' and missing response

What the NPT does not do-and what it does

China's non-compliance with Article VI

China is not negotiating

China is pursuing a fait accompli

China's conduct aggravates the problem that China is obliged to negotiate to resolve

Calling out the arms racer

five What's Left to Negotiate?

The wide ambit of Article VI

Substantive issues for negotiation

Transparency

Confidence-building

Hotlines

Plutonium production and fuel-cycle accountability

Tritium limits

Safeguards for fast reactors and keeping the IAEA in the picture

Nuclear testing-let's talk definitions (CTBT framework)

Nuclear safety.

Export controls and nuclear cooperation with non-nuclear-weapon states

Institutionalizing the NPT?

The conventional-nuclear deterrence matrix: strengthening the whole by moderating reliance on the nuclear part

A northeast Asia strategic bargain?

Conclusion: An NPT Future and Bringing Realists Back to Arms Control

Notes

References

Primary materials

Treaties

Cases

Resolutions

Other instruments

Secondary works

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5292-4782-9

1-5292-4781-0

OCLC:

1468526973