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Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: The Past and the Prospects book cover

1st Edition

Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons The Past and the Prospects

By David Fischer Copyright 1992
348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge
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Although in the early 1990s, nearly fifty countries had a nuclear capacity, and many more were close to it, only a handful were actually in possession of nuclear weapons. David Fischer’s book, originally published in 1992, was of particular interest in the light of the collapse of the post-war power structure, and the intensive militarization in the Middle East at the time, addresses the problem... Read more

List of Tables.  Preface.  Introduction.  1. The Regime and the Issues: An Overview  Part I: The Past  2. How We Got There: ‘Atoms for Peace’  3. The Re-assessment of ‘Atoms for Peace’  Part II: The Present  4. The Mainstays of the Regime 1: The Treaties  5. The Mainstays of the Regime 2: Safeguards and Controls  Part III: The Future  6. Emerging Issues for the Regime  7. Changing Technical Parameters  8. The Future of Non-Proliferation Institutions  9. The Main Players 1: The Nuclear Weapon States  10. The Main Players 2: The Threshold States  11. The Main Players 3: The NPT Non-Nuclear Weapon States  12. The 1995 Conference: Some Tactical Considerations  13. The Future of the Regime: The Short Term  14. The Future of the Regime: Beyond 1995.  Postscript.  Notes.  Annexes.  Index.

Biography

David Fischer (1920–2007) took part in the drafting of the statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 1954 and 1956, and he spent 25 years with the IAEA developing policies in connection with the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and working on nuclear safeguards and measures to prevent the military use of nuclear energy. His active involvement with the IAEA, and with a number of other groups continued at the time of original publication.

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