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Would We Really Miss the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty?

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Published date01 June 2008
Date01 June 2008
AuthorOliver Thränert
DOI10.1177/002070200806300208
Subject MatterOver the Transom
Oliver Thränert
Would we really
miss the nuclear
nonproliferation
treaty?
| International Journal | Spring 2008 | 327 |
The nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT) has been described by one of its
proponents as the most ambitious attempt to extend the civilizing reach of
the rule of law over humankind’s destructive capacity.1In fact, the NPT is
perceived by many as indispensable for international security and world
order. Yet there is a widespread impression that the regime is in deep crisis
and may soon collapse. Several factors contribute to this assessment: North
Korea’s nuclear weapons program; concerns about the growing noncompli-
ance of regime members, particularly in the case of Iran; the fact that three
nuclear-weapons countries continue to abstain from the nuclear nonprolif-
eration regime—India, Pakistan, and Israel; insufficient verification proce-
Oliver Thränert is head of the research unit for European and Atlantic security at the Ger-
man Institute for International and Security Affairs—Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
(SWP), Berlin. He is a specialist on nonproliferation and arms control.
1 See George Perkovich, “The end of the nonproliferation regime?”
Current History
,
November 2006, 355-62.

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