1st Edition

Neutral Europe and the Creation of the Nonproliferation Regime 1958-1968

Edited By Pascal Lottaz, Yoko Iwama Copyright 2024
228 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Lottaz, Iwama, and their contributors investigate the role of neutral and nonaligned European states during the negotiations for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Focusing on the years from the Irish Resolution of 1958 until the treaty’s opening for signatures ten years later, the nine chapters written by area experts highlight the processes and reasons for the... Read more

1. Introduction
Pascal Lottaz and Yoko Iwama

Part I: The Global View

2. Neutrality, Neutralism, and Nonalignment in the Early Cold War
Pascal Lottaz

3. The Making of the "1968 Global Nuclear Order"
Yoko Iwama

4. Neutral and Nonaligned Nations in the Making of the Postcolonial Nuclear Order
Jonathan R. Hunt

Part II: Country Studies

5. Ireland: Frank Aiken’s Early Steps to Contain Nuclear Proliferation
Mervyn O’Driscoll

6. Sweden: Nuclear Acquisition or Disarmament?
Thomas Jonter

7. Finland: From Curious Observer to Active Accommodator of the NPT Process
Tapio Juntunen

8. Switzerland: The Nuclear Path and the NPT
Benno Zogg

9. Austria: The NPT, Diplomacy, and National Identity
Anna Graf-Steiner and Herbert R. Reginbogin

10. Yugoslavia: The Creation of a Nuclear Policy in the 1960s
Marko Miljković

Biography

Pascal Lottaz is Associate Professor for Neutrality Studies at Kyoto University, Japan.

Yoko Iwama is Professor of International Relations at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan.