Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Nuclear Weapon, Cold War, Nuclear Proliferation
21 Oct 2015
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1945-1964 : cold war era expansion of us and ussr stockpiles and tests, growing # of nuclear powers, early signs of interest in interstate cooperation. 1957: creation of the international atomic energy agency (institutional foundations in international cooperation) 1968: non-proliferation treaty, in force 1970 - 190 signatories ( major holdouts: Non-nuclear weapon states agree: (a) not to acquire nuclear weapons (b) submit to iaea inspections. Nuclear weapon states agree: (a) not to transfer weapons to nnws (b) to begin nuclear disarmament ( c) to help nnws develop nuclear power for civilian use. 30 + countries pursued and then abandoned nuclear weapons. New nws don"t seem to spur regional nuclear arms races. What the treaty does: resolves commitment problems, encourages compliance (especially among democracies) The treaty has been violated, but has not been dissolved. Are its effects spurious? (causation attributed to the wrong factor) Russian actions violate agreement- but no western agreement to answer militarily.
