Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation : : towards a nuclear-weapon free world? / / Sverre Lodgaard.

• Superior document: Routledge global security studies ; 20
• VerfasserIn: Lodgaard, Sverre.,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge global security studies ; 20.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This book examines the current debate on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, notably the international non-proliferation regime and how to implement its disarmament provisions. Discussing the requirements of a new international consensus on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, this book builds on the three pillars of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT): non-proliferation, disarmament and peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It reviews the impact of Cold War and post-Cold War policies on current disarmament initiatives and analyses contemporary proliferation pro

Table of Contents

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Power shifts and nuclear weapons; 1 Power shifts and nuclear weapons; Part II The legacies of nuclear history and the requirements of a new consensus on non- proliferation and disarmament; 2 The first nuclear era; 3 Post- Cold War doctrines; 4 A global consensus on non-proliferation and disarmament; Part III Proliferation problems and the role of nuclear disarmament; 5 The three- state problem; 6 Rollback experiences; 7 Challenge from within: The case of Iran; 8 How to understand North Korea

9 The relationship between disarmament and non- proliferationPart IV Towards a nuclear-weaponfree world; 10 Towards a nuclear- weapon-free world; Notes; References; Index