Signing Away the Bomb - The Surprising Success of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

"For more than fifty years, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the wider nuclear nonproliferation regime have worked to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Analysts and pundits have often viewed the regime with skepticism, repeatedly warning that it is on the brink of collapse, and the NPT lacks many of the characteristics usually seen in effective international institutions. Nevertheless, the treaty continues to enjoy near-universal membership and high levels of compliance. This is the first book to explain why the nonproliferation regime has been so successful, bringing to bear declassified documents, new data on regime membership and weapons pursuit, and a variety of analytic approaches. It offers important new insights for scholars of nuclear proliferation and international security institutions, and for policymakers seeking to strengthen the nonproliferation regime and tighten international constraints on the spread of nuclear weapons"--

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. The puzzle of the nuclear nonproliferation regime; 3. Membership; 4. Compliance; 5. Enforcement; 6. Latency; 7. Conclusion; Appendix A: Nuclear data; References; Index.

About the author

Jeffrey M. Kaplow is Assistant Professor of Government at College of William and Mary. He is the Director of NukeLab, an undergraduate research lab at William and Mary's Global Research Institute.

Summary

This book explains how and why the nuclear nonproliferation regime has been successful, even without the characteristics usually seen in effective institutions. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students of international relations, security studies, and international law, as well as international security policymakers and analysts.

Product details

• Authors: Jeffrey M. Kaplow, Jeffrey M. (College of William and Mary Kaplow
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781009216739
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0921673-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, Warfare & defence, Diplomacy, Warfare and defence, Military and defence strategy, Nuclear weapons, Arms negotiation & control, Arms negotiation and control