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Parsing Good Faith: Has The United States Violated Article Vi Of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?, David A. Koplow Jan 1993

Parsing Good Faith: Has The United States Violated Article Vi Of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?, David A. Koplow

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has long been the cornerstone of the international effort to retard the spread of nuclear weaponry to additional countries, now appreciated as the greatest post-cold war threat to international peace and security. Under this treaty, the parties also undertook to pursue in good faith additional negotiations leading to further reductions in nuclear weapons-and, in fact, such subsequent bargaining has recently yielded dramatic, far-reaching successes. Professor Koplow, however, argues that in one crucial respect, the United States has been derelict in implementing the obligations of the NPT: Recent American presidents have rigidly refused to participate in …


Bonehead Non-Proliferation, David A. Koplow Jan 1993

Bonehead Non-Proliferation, David A. Koplow

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The Review and Extension Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will convene in 1995. The primary issue to be considered at the Extension Conference is whether the NPT, universally regarded as the most important bulwark against the spread of nuclear weaponry, should remain in force. In this article, David A. Koplow argues that the United States must negotiate a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) in order to maintain the non-proliferation regime and promote its own long-run security interests