
Nuclear Arms Control in Peril
Why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Matters and How to Save It
Thomas D. Grant(Author)
Bristol University Press
1st Edition
Published on 10. December 2024
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-5292-4779-4 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, a former US Department of State senior arms control official critically analyses two pivotal nuclear arms control treaties: the established Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the rising Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The book offers a concise and critical analysis of the two, illuminating both their strengths and shortcomings. The author acknowledges the idealistic goal of the TPNW but argues that its immediate abolitionist stance lacks a roadmap for achievement. Instead, the book advocates realistic progress within the NPT framework. It provides twelve key negotiation topics for fostering meaningful dialogue among nuclear-weapon states, while emphasizing the urgency of concrete action in a world facing growing nuclear threats.
The book offers a concise and critical analysis of the two, illuminating both their strengths and shortcomings. The author acknowledges the idealistic goal of the TPNW but argues that its immediate abolitionist stance lacks a roadmap for achievement. Instead, the book advocates realistic progress within the NPT framework. It provides twelve key negotiation topics for fostering meaningful dialogue among nuclear-weapon states, while emphasizing the urgency of concrete action in a world facing growing nuclear threats.
Reviews / Votes
"Even as the risks of global nuclear conflict and proliferation in East Asia and the Middle East surge, attention to arms control languishes. Thomas Grant peers into the likely future of arms control and makes a fresh, powerful, and persuasive case for reviving the Non-Proliferation Treaty, arguing against both the heedless neglect of arms control and recklessly utopian disarmament." Michael A. Reynolds, Princeton University "This timely book should be a wake-up call to policymakers contemplating today's contested geopolitical environment. In an era in which anxiety has returned about failures of deterrence and the nuclear dimension of great power competition, Thomas D. Grant has produced a clarion call for a return to arms control through the diplomacy of non-proliferation." John Bew, King's College London "Dr Grant makes a well-informed, compelling and urgent case for reviving the NPT, the only viable multilateral route for nuclear arms control." Lord Verdirame, KC"Tom Grant presents well-researched arguments to bring nuclear weapons control into the 21st century. He underscores the peril we face with good case studies and invaluable questions for practitioners to ponder. This short and readable book exposes what's at stake for us all." Peter Shannon, Retired Ambassador and former Permanent Representative to the IAEA and Board Governor
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Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Bristol
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Not illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 206 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
290 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5292-4779-4 (9781529247794)
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Thomas D. Grant
Nuclear Arms Control in Peril
Why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Matters and How to Save It
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12/2024
1st Edition
Bristol University Press
€22.49
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Person
Thomas D. Grant is a Fellow at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge.
Content
Introduction: A Tale of Two Treaties
1. Three Pillars or One Foundation?
2. The TPNW Challenge
3. Article VI Interpreted and Applied
4. China and the NPT
5. What's Left To Negotiate?
Conclusion: An NPT Future and Bringing Realists Back to Arms Control
1. Three Pillars or One Foundation?
2. The TPNW Challenge
3. Article VI Interpreted and Applied
4. China and the NPT
5. What's Left To Negotiate?
Conclusion: An NPT Future and Bringing Realists Back to Arms Control