NPT Compliance: Issues and Views

Abstract

Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will meet in May 2005 in New York to review its implementation. Since the last review conference in 2000, the biggest issue to emerge is treaty compliance, particularly compliance by Iran. President Bush has remarked that "NPT Parties must take strong action to confront the threat of noncompliance with the NPT...We cannot allow rogue states that violate their commitments...to undermine the NPT's fundamental role in strengthening international security." However, some NPT parties are adamant that the United States and other nuclear weapon states are not complying with their own obligations, namely, to pursue nuclear disarmament. This report, which will be updated as needed, discusses different views and issues related to NPT compliance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 26, 2005
Accession Number
ADA467434

Entities

People

  • Sharon Squassoni

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Weapons
  • European Union
  • Fissile Materials
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Materials
  • Negotiations
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies