When experts discuss the prospects of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), they naturally focus on impending events. Will nonaligned nations tie their continued adherence to reaching a comprehensive test ban? Will North Korea, Algeria, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, and Iran live up to their NPT obligations? Will some follow through on their threats to withdraw from the treaty? Is China, which is building more nuclear weapons and refused to agree to limit them, in violation of the treaty’s demand that nuclear weapons states limit their nuclear arms? Will the NPT’s inspectorate, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), strengthen its inspection procedures? Can certain nuclear materials and activities ever be reliably inspected to detect and prevent their military diversion? The answers to these questions will determine not only the future of the NPT but the prospects for nuclear restraint.
Mr. Zarate presented this essay at Assessing the IAEA’s Ability to Safeguard Peaceful Nuclear Energy, a conference held in Paris, France, and hosted by the French foreign ministry, the Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique. May 08, 2007 AUTHOR: Robert Zarate The NPT IAEA Safeguards and […]
Mr. Sokolski’s essay on the nuclear nonproliferation efforts of President George W. Bush’s second term was published in the Spring 2007 issue of The Journal of International Security Affairs. Apr 11, 2007 AUTHOR: Henry Sokolski Nonproliferation By the Numbers (PDF) 167.96 KB FROM: The Journal […]
Dr. Gilinsky, a senior associate at NPEC, served on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission during the Ford, Carter and Reagan administrations, gave this presentation at the 10th PIIC Beijing Seminar on International Security. Sep 23, 2006 AUTHOR: Victor Gilinsky How Will the Nuclear Weapons Story End […]
Dr. Lyman is a senior scientist at Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists. Sep 06, 2006 AUTHOR: Edwin S. Lyman The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership-Will It Advance Nonproliferation…. (PDF) 80.04 KB The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership: Will It Advance Nonproliferation or Undermine It? ABSTRACT […]
This letter to Congress was signed by Thomas Cochran, Victor Gilinsky, John Holum, Daryl Kimball, Christopher Paine, George Perkovich, Henry S. Rowen, Lawrence Scheinman, Henry Sokolski, and Leonard Weiss. Jun 19, 2006 AUTHOR: Thomas Cochran, Victor Gilinsky, John Holum, Daryl Kimball, Christopher Paine, George Perkovich, […]
Paper Presented at NPEC/King’s College conference “After Iran: Safeguarding Peaceful Nuclear Energy” held in London, UK October 2-3, 2005. Oct 01, 2005 AUTHOR: Thomas B. Cochran Adequacy of IAEAs Safeguards for Achieving Timely Detection-PAPER (PDF) 227.80 KB DRAFT 2 DRAFT 2 DRAFT 2 Adequacy of […]
Paper Presented at NPEC/King’s College conference “After Iran: Safeguarding Peaceful Nuclear Energy” held in London, UK October 2-3, 2005. Oct 01, 2005 AUTHOR: Edwin S. Lyman Can Nuclear Fuel Production in Iran and Elsewhere Be Safeguarded Again…. (PDF) 96.24 KB Can Nuclear Fuel Production in […]
The best chance for nations seeking to prevent further nuclear proliferation is to enforce the original presumption of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s Article IV, says author Henry Sokolski. Article IV presumes “against the unnecessary spread of unsafeguardable nuclear activities and materials.” In the case of […]
Paper presented for the Conference “Germany and Nuclear Nonproliferation”, organized by the Aspen Institute, Berlin and the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Washington, D.C, by Joachim Krause, director, Institute for Security Studies at the University of Kiel. Feb 26, 2005 AUTHOR: Joachim Krause German Nuclear Export […]
As featured in The Economist, the final updated version of this NPEC report examines the International Atomic Energy Agency´s ability to safeguard peaceful nuclear energy, and provides a series of recommendations to shore up the NPT-IAEA safeguards system´s shortfalls. For commissioned research associated with this […]
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