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Is the appearance of new nuclear weapon states inevitable? Who are the sponsors and apologists of nuclear weapons, and why are others in favour of renouncing them? What are the implications for international security of the increasingly wide use of nuclear energy? How can nuclear threats be defused?
Originally published in 1985, SIPRI's study suggests some answers to these questions. The book examines the situation in a number of countries of key importance for non-proliferation: the two nuclear-weapon states which have declined to join the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (China and France); a group of nuclear 'threshold' states also remaining outside the Treaty (Argentina, Brazil, India, Israel, Pakistan, South Africa and Spain); and a group of states, both developed and developing, which for various reasons have joined the Treaty (Canada, Egypt, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan).
The focus of the book is on motivations for and against nuclear proliferation. An analysis of these motivations leads the editor to make detailed recommendations aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons.
Appendices include a list of nuclear facilities in the countries studied, specifying the degree of their coverage by international controls, and other relevant documentation.
List of contents
Preface
Part 1: Discussion and Recommendations Discussion and Recommendations
Jozef Goldblat Part 2: Motivations of States I. Nuclear Weapon States Not Party to the NPT. 1A. China
Wu Xiu Quan 1B. China
Reinhard Drifte 2. France
Bertrand Goldschmidt II. Other Non-Parties to the NPT. 3. Argentina
Jorge A. Aja Espil 4. Brazil
José Goldemberg 5A. India
Girilal Jain 5B. India
Rodney W. Jones 6. Israel
Shalheveth Freier 7A. Pakistan
Zalmay M. Khalilzad 7B. Pakistan
Ashok Kapur 8. South Africa
George Barrie 9. Spain
Angel Vinas III. Selected Parties to the NPT. 10. Canada
William Epstein 11. Egypt
Gregory H. Kats 12A. South Korea
Joseph A. Yager 12B. South Korea
Choung Il Chee 13. Sweden
Martin Fehrm 14. Switzerland
Rudolf L. Bindschedler 15. Taiwan
George H. Quester Part 3: Summaries Appendix 1. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Appendix 2. Security Council Resolution on Security Assurances to Non-Nuclear Weapon States. Appendix 3. Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco). Appendix 4. Status of the Implementation of the NPT and the Treaty of Tlatelolco, as of 1 January 1985. Appendix 5. Final Declaration of the Review Conference of the Parties to the NPT, 30 May 1975. Appendix 6. Data on Nuclear Activities in the 15 Countries Studied.
Summary
Is the appearance of new nuclear weapon states inevitable? Who are the sponsors and apologists of nuclear weapons, and why are others in favour of renouncing them? What are the implications for international security of the increasingly wide use of nuclear energy? How can nuclear threats be defused?
Originally published in 1985, SIPRI's study suggests some answers to these questions. The book examines the situation in a number of countries of key importance for non-proliferation: the two nuclear-weapon states which have declined to join the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty (China and France); a group of nuclear ‘threshold’ states also remaining outside the Treaty (Argentina, Brazil, India, Israel, Pakistan, South Africa and Spain); and a group of states, both developed and developing, which for various reasons have joined the Treaty (Canada, Egypt, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland and Taiwan).
The focus of the book is on motivations for and against nuclear proliferation. An analysis of these motivations leads the editor to make detailed recommendations aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons.
Appendices include a list of nuclear facilities in the countries studied, specifying the degree of their coverage by international controls, and other relevant documentation.
