TY - JOUR
T1 - Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament
T2 - Can the Power of Ideas Tame the Power of the State?
AU - Thakur, Ramesh
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - The nuclear arms control regimea-centered on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)a-faces five challenges: failure of nuclear disarmament by the five NPT-licit nuclear powers (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States); possible cheating by non-nuclear signatories like North Korea and Iran; India, Israel, and Pakistan remaining outside the NPT; terrorists' interest in acquiring and using nuclear weapons; and the safety, security and proliferation risks of the increased interest in nuclear energy to offset the financial and environmental costs of fossil fuel.
AB - The nuclear arms control regimea-centered on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)a-faces five challenges: failure of nuclear disarmament by the five NPT-licit nuclear powers (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States); possible cheating by non-nuclear signatories like North Korea and Iran; India, Israel, and Pakistan remaining outside the NPT; terrorists' interest in acquiring and using nuclear weapons; and the safety, security and proliferation risks of the increased interest in nuclear energy to offset the financial and environmental costs of fossil fuel.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952458484&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00996.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00996.x
M3 - Review article
SN - 1521-9488
VL - 13
SP - 34
EP - 45
JO - International Studies Review
JF - International Studies Review
IS - 1
ER -