Nuclear Weapons Free Zones

Author : Exequiel Lacovsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000360196

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Nuclear Weapons Free Zones by Exequiel Lacovsky Pdf

This book explores the conditions under which Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs) can be established. It analyzes four hypotheses that explain the factors contributing to the formation of NWFZs, building upon realist, constructivist and liberal theories from international relations. Through structured focused comparison, the book presents and compares the emergence of NWFZs in Latin America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, which is a prospect for a NWFZ. The book argues that NWFZ projects depend on the following conditions: the security interest of regional states in avoiding nuclear threats, preexisting regional institutions and regional economic cooperation, leadership by a core of regional powers and shared interest in spreading non-proliferation norms. Democracy is not a necessary condition, but democratization can help overcome barriers presented by hesitant or opposed regional governments. As too many of the mentioned necessary conditions are lacking in the Middle East, a NWFZ project, thus, will be possible only after major political changes. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, arms control, security studies and International Relations.

Author : Thomas Graham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0870719068

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The Alternate Route by Thomas Graham Pdf

Eventual achievement of nuclear disarmament has been an objective and a dream of the world community since the dawn of the Nuclear Age. Considerable progress has been made over the decades, but this has always required close US-Russian cooperation. At present, further progress is likely blocked by the return of Vladimir Putin to the Russian presidency and the toxic US-Russia relationship. The classic road toward nuclear disarmament appears to be closed for the foreseeable future, but there may be another route. In the last fifty years, well-conceived regional treaties have been developed in Latin America, the South Pacific, Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central Asia. These arrangements have developed for many and varied political and security reasons, but now virtually all of the Southern Hemisphere and important parts of the Northern Hemisphere are legally nuclear-weapon-free. These regional nuclear weapon disarmament treaties are formally respected by the five states recognized under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as nuclear weapon states: the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, France, and China--often referred to collectively as the P-5 states. Variations of these regional treaties might eventually be negotiated in the Middle East, Northeast Asia, and South Asia, setting aside the P-5 states until the very end of the process. With regional agreements in place around the globe, negotiation among the P-5 states would be all that stands between the world community and the banishment of nuclear weapons, verifiably and effectively worldwide. By the time this point is reached, Russia and the United States might be able to cooperate. Essential reading for policy advisors, foreign service professionals, and scholars in political science, The Alternate Route examines the possibilities of nuclear-weapon-free zones as a pathway to worldwide nuclear disarmament.

Author : Ramesh Thakur
Publisher : Springer
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349269723

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Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones by Ramesh Thakur Pdf

Almost the entire southern hemisphere is now covered by nuclear-weapon-free zones. The ones in Latin America and the South Pacific were established during the Cold War, those in Southeast Asia and Africa after its ending. Zones have also been proposed, so far without success, for the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. In this book, analysts from within the respective regions explore the reasons for success and failure in the establishment of the zone, and their utility and limitations as stepping stones to a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Author : P. Moorthy
Publisher : Concept Publishing Company
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Antinuclear movement
ISBN : 8180692795

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Nuclear-weapon-free Zone. by P. Moorthy Pdf

Author : David Pitt,Gordon Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000199680

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Nuclear-Free Zones by David Pitt,Gordon Thompson Pdf

There is growing interest world wide in nuclear-free zones. Originally published in 1987, this book explores the question of what constitutes a nuclear-free zone and charts the progress of the movement to establish them. The book shows how definitions of nuclear-free zones vary from those intended to exclude everything nuclear (including nuclear power installations and the dumping of nuclear waste) to those aiming to exclude nuclear weapons in a limited way. Special attention is paid to the three treaties which have established major international nuclear-free zones, (Latin America, South Pacific, Antarctica) examining their strengths and weaknesses as well as areas where the idea has been proposed (Balkans, Africa). The book concludes with a review of problems and prospects for the future.

Author : Shannon Selin,Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nuclear-weapon-free zones
ISBN : UCSD:31822004839726

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Canada as a Nuclear Weapon-free Zone by Shannon Selin,Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament Pdf

Author : Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Nuclear-weapon-free zones
ISBN : 066216704X

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Nuclear Weapon-free Zones (NWFZs) by Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security Pdf

This document discusses a number of definitions of nuclear weapon-free zones (NWFZ), their benefits, criticism of NWFZ, and Canada and NWFZ. It includes a list of papers for further reading.

Author : Exequiel Lacovsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000360257

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Nuclear Weapons Free Zones by Exequiel Lacovsky Pdf

This book explores the conditions under which Nuclear Weapons Free Zones (NWFZs) can be established. It analyzes four hypotheses that explain the factors contributing to the formation of NWFZs, building upon realist, constructivist and liberal theories from international relations. Through structured focused comparison, the book presents and compares the emergence of NWFZs in Latin America, the South Pacific, Southeast Asia, Africa, Central Asia, and the Middle East, which is a prospect for a NWFZ. The book argues that NWFZ projects depend on the following conditions: the security interest of regional states in avoiding nuclear threats, preexisting regional institutions and regional economic cooperation, leadership by a core of regional powers and shared interest in spreading non-proliferation norms. Democracy is not a necessary condition, but democratization can help overcome barriers presented by hesitant or opposed regional governments. As too many of the mentioned necessary conditions are lacking in the Middle East, a NWFZ project, thus, will be possible only after major political changes. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, arms control, security studies and International Relations.

Author : Ingemar Lindahl
Publisher : Springer
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1988-06-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781349093205

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The Soviet Union and the Nordic Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zone Proposal by Ingemar Lindahl Pdf

Author : Michael Hamel-Green
Publisher : United Nations Publications UNIDIR
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015063088218

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Regional Initiatives on Nuclear- and WMD-free Zones by Michael Hamel-Green Pdf

The initial years of the new millennium have seen little substantive progress in nucleararms control. Recent challenges for nuclear non-proliferationinclude: the non-entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); the 1998India and Pakistan nuclear weapon tests; the withdrawal of North Korea from the NonproliferationTreaty (NPT); the ambiguous status of Iran's nuclear energy developmentprogramme and past Iraqi NPT violations under Saddam Hussein.The strategy of establishing regional NWFZs is generally seen as both a non-proliferation and security-enhancing measure for the regions themselves, and as a partial step towards the eventual global elimination of nuclear weapons. Currently some 107 countries and the larger part of the globe are part of regional NWFZs while NWFZs for such conflict-prone areas such as the Middle East, South Asia, Northeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe are in various stages of consideration.

Author : G. Alves,Daiana Cipollone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Nuclear disarmament
ISBN : UOM:39015041629810

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Nuclear-weapon-free Zones in the 21st Century by G. Alves,Daiana Cipollone Pdf

Author : Olu Adeniji
Publisher : United Nations Publications UNIDIR
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056684650

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The Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-weapon-free-zone by Olu Adeniji Pdf

Includes the text of the treaty

Author : Michael P. Fry,N. Patrick Keatinge,Joseph Rotblat
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642751059

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation by Michael P. Fry,N. Patrick Keatinge,Joseph Rotblat Pdf

This volume appears at a time when the prospects for banishing the threat of nuclear annihilation are brighter than at any time since the first atomic device exploded over the desert at Alamogordo. The last few years have seen an ex traordinary change in the climate of East-West relations. The programme of political and economic reform which President Gorbachev initiated in the Soviet Union and which is now spreading throughout most of Eastern Europe has been parallelled by serious efforts to reach agreement on measures for conventional and nuclear disarmament. This has led to new hope that international peace and security can at last be built upon the firm foundation of justice, respect for in ternational law and a determination to approach problems in a spirit of genuine co-operation rather than one of distrust and confrontation. This new climate encourages us in the belief that the obvious common sense of preventing the further spread of nuclear weapons will come to be shared by all nations. At the same time, we have to recognize two very disturbing facts, which imply that there can be no slackening of our efforts to strengthen the non-proliferation regime.

Author : Edmundo Fujita
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Nuclear nonproliferation
ISBN : UCSD:31822004883732

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The Prevention of Geographical Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons by Edmundo Fujita Pdf

Author : Arlene Idol Broadhurst,Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Nuclear-weapon-free zones
ISBN : 0920357091

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Nuclear Weapon-free Zones by Arlene Idol Broadhurst,Canadian Centre for Arms Control and Disarmament Pdf