| Description |
1 online resource (v, 22 pages) |
| Series |
Carnegie paper |
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Working papers (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)
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| Contents |
Summary -- Introduction -- Why the nuclear prohibition treaty became inevitable -- Why the prohibition treaty is inadequate -- What should be done? |
| Summary |
"In May 2017, negotiators at the United Nations introduced a draft convention to prohibit the possession of nuclear weapons, as a way to hasten progress toward eventual nuclear disarmament, as called for in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). All the nuclear-armed states except North Korea have boycotted the negotiations, along with many U.S. allies. Unfortunately, the good motives behind the treaty do not mean it will enhance international security, prevent nuclear proliferation, or facilitate actual nuclear disarmament. It may even have unintended consequences that make these goals harder to achieve. Yet there are steps that nuclear-armed states could take, perhaps nudged along by their allies, to help heal rifts that the proposed ban treaty has highlighted"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"May 2017." |
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Series from resource home page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-20) |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Carnegie, viewed June 9, 2017) |
| Subject |
Nuclear disarmament -- Law and legislation
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Law and legislation
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Nuclear weapons -- Law and legislation
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Proliferation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, publisher.
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