The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty : An Insider's Perspective / Keith A. Hansen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hansen, Keith A., Author.

Contributor:

Graham, Thomas, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.) : 24 tables

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Since the mid-1950s, the international community has sought to ban all nuclear testing. In 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty emerged after three years of intense international negotiations. However, after nearly a decade, there is no sign that the treaty will ever enter into force. Despite the general support for and adherence to a series of national moratoria on nuclear explosive testing, it is important to understand why the effort to achieve a permanent ban on nuclear testing has experienced such difficulties and continues to travel such a problematic road. The author of this book is neither a promoter nor a critic of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but rather he provides a brief historical and analytical understanding of the events surrounding its negotiation and implementation. The author's analysis, based on his personal involvement in the CTBT negotiations, provides one insider’s view of how the critical events unfolded and how they are likely to affect future nonproliferation initiatives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Preface

Introduction

1. Early Efforts to Limit Nuclear Testing

2. Negotiations, Part 1. A Unique Historical Opportunity for the CTBT

3. Negotiations, Part 2. Challenges Emerge

4. Negotiations, Part 3. End Game—India Bolts

5. Implementation, Part 1. Ratifications and Establishing the PrepCom

6. Implementation, Part 2. Bumps in the Road

7. Implementation, Part 3. Impact of Change in U.S. Policy

8. Implications of Alternative CTBT Futures for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

9. Conclusion

Appendix A. Chronology of Efforts to Ban the Testing of Nuclear Weapons

Appendix B. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Text

Appendix C. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) CTBT Resolution and Voting Record, September 10, 1996

Appendix D. Resolution Establishing the CTBT Preparatory Commission

Appendix E. Some Lessons Learned from CTBT Negotiations and Implementation

Appendix F. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Text

Appendix G. 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Final Document

Appendix H. Proliferation Security Initiative Fact Sheet

Appendix I. UN Security Council Resolution 1540

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2567-2

OCLC:

1294426403