Strengthening the Nonproliferation Regime: The Challenge of Regional Nuclear Arsenals

Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: Searching for Common Ground Verification of and compliance with the nuclear nonproliferation regime: Renewed commitments or new approaches?

Uses of Commercial Satellite Imagery in FMCT Verification

Negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) were agreed to in 1998 at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva after several years’ delay caused by debates over its scope and linkage to nuclear disarmament measures. However, the negotiations have yet to get underway, as they have not been reauthorized by the CD in subsequent years. Should the negotiations move forward, it is ex...

Internationalization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

The debate over the past five years on how to limit national ownership and control of nuclear fuel-cycle facilities is largely a response to the perceived risk of a growing number of countries to acquire these sensitive technologies. This prospect is seen as a challenge to the nonproliferation regime by leading nuclear weapon states and their allies, by non-weapon states seeking both to stem pr...

An Assessment of International Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts after 60 Years

Discussions among practitioners and pundits are incriminating evidence of the failure to deal with the threats and dangers of proliferation. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has made an important contribution in years past, but its success remains limited as it has become an unambitious static regime, solidifying prevailing inequities or a status quo that will not st...

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime and Nuclear Realities: Repair or Reassessment?