Essays about: "nuclear non-proliferation treaty"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
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1. Terminating Apartheid's Atomic Bomb
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : South Africa secretly produced six and a half nuclear weapons from 1978-1989 before undertaking a complete nuclear disarmament between 1989-1991; it is the only instance in history of when a state has discarded an indigenously developed nuclear arsenal and presents a unique case for studying the nuclear decision-making of states. This thesis is a theory-testing case study where I, by conducting a qualitative content analysis of previous research on South Africa’s nuclear rollback, examine how well Scott D Sagan’s nuclear policy model can explain the nuclear disarmament of South Africa. READ MORE
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2. The art of rejection - why is the nuclear ban treaty dismissed by the nuclear states?
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Disarmament remains a contested topic within the nuclear weapons debate and it is included as one of the mutually reinforcing pillars of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). However, when the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was mandated by UNGA in 2016 and later entered into force in 2021, it was immediately rejected by all nuclear-weapons states – China, France, Russia, the UK and the US – and their allies. READ MORE
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3. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - A Silver Lining in the Mushroom Cloud?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force on 22 January 2021, a new legal instrument regulating nuclear weapons entered the international arena. With considerations of the humanitarian and environmental consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, the new Treaty aims for the total elimination of nuclear weapons. READ MORE
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4. The Worst Laid Plans of Mice and Men : NATO and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : After the Cold War ended, the process of nuclear disarmament began to stagnate and in recent years there are signs of backsliding. Efforts to revive the disarmament regime over decades culminated with the drafting and ratification of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017 and 2021 respectively, much to the dismay of nuclear weapons states. READ MORE
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5. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime : Towards a Cognitivist Approach
University essay from Linköpings universitet/StatsvetenskapAbstract : After the use of the first nuclear weapons, during World War II, the world changed forever, as the balance of military power would no longer by measured by the amount of conventional weapons each state possesses. Alongside this, the world experienced a crude awakening to the catastrophic costs, for the environment and in terms of human misery, that the use of these armaments involved. READ MORE
