NPT
Ukraine’s Dual Adversaries: Russia and North Korea
Ukraine is fighting a war against two nuclear weapons countries: Russia, a signatory of the non-proliferation treaty, and North Korea, which is not. Since 2014, Moscow has been undermining the...
How Russia Is Undermining the Non-Proliferation Regime
The 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is one of the most important and, with 191 signatory states, most comprehensive treaties of humankind. The NPT forms, together...
Will the NPT Survive Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine?
Regardless of who prevails, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have far-reaching repercussions that extend way beyond a violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity. The current war in Ukraine is a blatant...
UN Members Denounce Russian Nuclear Threats
On Thursday, June 23, sixty-five countries who are signatories to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons issued a letter condemning “any and all nuclear threats, whether they be...
China’s Nuclear Buildup Violates the NPT
At an international security conference in Singapore on June 12, Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida bemoaned China’s secrecy about its nuclear weapons buildup. His comments came only weeks after Secretary...
U.S. ‘No-First-Use’ Policy Unlikely to Change Japan’s Non-Nuclear Status Quo
Since 1994, every U.S. administration has been tasked with developing a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). Each time the review comes up the question arises as to whether or not the...
The Nuclear Ban Treaty Enters Into Force, Posing New Challenges for America
On October 24, 2020, Honduras became the fiftieth country to ratify the United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons, starting a ninety-day countdown to the date it would enter into...
Crossroads: Why the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Could Become Obsolete
On December 10, 2017, the International Coalition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) will be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. However, it would have been better if the nuclear-weapon states had...
The End of Nuclear Proliferation?
Fifty years after the international community began efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to states beyond those recognized in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the era of nuclear...
Fixing America’s Impossible, Unchangeable North Korean Goals
The chief challenge for U.S. and South Korean policymakers in dealing with North Korea’s nuclear ambitions is a “goals dilemma.” The policy is committed to denuclearization but it is a...
How to Stop States from ‘Weaponizing’ Nuclear Programs
Long before a final Iran nuclear agreement was on the horizon, plans have been afoot to generalize the hoped-for results of diplomacy far beyond the borders of the Islamic Republic....
Is America Fulfilling Its NPT Commitment?
At the UN today, this year’s Review Conference will conclude its assessment of the performance of member-states that signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty, which became international law in 1970. Among the...