Beyond 1995 [electronic resource] : the Future of the NPT Regime

Beyond 1995: The Future of the NPT Regime
Author: Joseph F. Pilat, Robert E. Pendley
Published by Springer US
ISBN: 978-1-4684-1317-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-1315-1

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Nonproliferation Treaty Regime
• Avoiding the Worst of All Possible Worlds
• The Collapse of the NPT— What if?
• What Happens to Safeguards if the NPT Goes?
• Does the NPT Matter?
• Beyond the NPT
• Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Toward a Universal Framework of Nuclear Restraint
• European and Global Security in a World without the NPT
• The NPT and Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia
• World and Regional Power Relations without the NPT
• Should India Sign the NPT?
• A World without the NPT?
• Conclusions

1. The Nonproliferation Treaty Regime: A Rereading before 1995 -- The Concept of Nonproliferation -- Prohibitions -- Promotional Activities -- Security Concerns -- Durability -- Conclusions -- 2. Avoiding the Worst of All Possible Worlds -- Critics and Criticism -- Arguments of Discrimination and Disarmament -- A Historical Rejoinder -- The NPT, Nuclear Proliferation, Peace, and Security -- 3. The Collapse of the NPT -- What if? -- Shocks to the Nonproliferation Treaty -- The Collapse of the NPT: An Initial Damage Assessment -- Damage Assessment: The View from the Front Lines -- What to Do if? -- On the Road to Success in 1995 -- Notes and References -- 4. What Happens to Safeguards if the NPT Goes? -- The Collapse of the NPT: A Worst-Case Scenario -- Euratom -- Nonproliferation Survives the NPT: A More Probable Scenario -- Beyond 1995: A New Nonproliferation Order? -- Notes and References -- 5. Does the NPT Matter? -- The NPT and Nonproliferation -- Cries of Discrimination, Calls for Disarmament -- The NPT and National Nuclear Decision-Making -- Notes and References -- 6. Beyond the NPT -- The NPT, the Atom, and Development -- A New International Agenda -- The Problems and Promise of the NPT -- Beyond the NPT -- 7. Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: A Universal Concern -- The Irrational Problem -- The Nonproliferation Treaty -- Enemies of the System -- A Regime for the Twenty-First Century -- 8. Toward a Universal Framework of Nuclear Restraint -- Disillusionment with the NPT -- Rationale for Nuclear Restraint -- Rationale for Nuclear Power -- Nuclear Power and Nonproliferation -- Why Nations Want to Go Nuclear -- Steps toward Restraint by Threshold States -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- 9. European and Global Security in a World without the NPT -- Bang -- Clash -- Creep -- Abandonment -- Conclusions -- Notes and References -- 10. The NPT and Nuclear Proliferation in East Asia: Views toward the 1990s -- Getting the Bomb -- Atomic Weapons in East Asia: Historical and Geopolitical Trends -- The Divergent Paths of Japan and China -- Korea and Taiwan: Concerns Diminish -- Into the 1990s -- 11. World and Regional Power Relations without the NPT -- Pre-NPT Horizontal Proliferation -- The NPT Regime, from the 1970s to 1995 -- The World without the NPT after 1995? -- Notes and References -- 12. Should India Sign the NPT? -- The Current Crisis -- India's Nuclear Choices -- Strategic Ambiguity -- A Bold Step Forward -- A Bold Step Backward -- Conclusions and Prospects -- Notes and References -- 13. A World without the NPT? -- Effects on the International Regime, Its Purposes, Principles, and Institutions -- Effects on International Security -- Effects on International Relations -- Conclusions -- Notes and References -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Toward 1995: United Nations Documents Relating to the Establishment and Functioning of the NPT, 1959-1988 -- General Assembly Resolution 1380, November 20, 1959 -- General Assembly Resolution 1576, December 27, 1960 -- General Assembly Resolution 1664, December 4, 1961 -- General Assembly Resolution 1665, December 4, 1961 -- General Assembly Resolution 2028, November 19, 1965 -- General Assembly Resolution 2149, November 4, 1966 -- General Assembly Resolution 2153, December 16, 1967 -- General Assembly Resolution 2346, December 19, 1967 -- General Assembly Resolution 2373, June 12, 1968 -- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, July 1, 1968 -- General Assembly Resolution 3184, December 18, 1973 -- General Assembly Resolution 3261, December 9, 1974 -- Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, May 30, 1975 -- General Assembly Resolution 3484, December 12, 1975 -- General Assembly Resolution 31/75, December 10, 1976 -- General Assembly Resolution 33/57, December 14, 1978 -- The Second Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1980 -- General Assembly Resolution 38/74, December 15, 1983 -- The Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1985 -- General Assembly Resolution 40/94 M, December 12, 1985 -- General Assembly Resolution 43/82, December 7, 1988 -- Selected National Statements on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Opening for Signature of the NPT -- About the Authors