Virtual Issue: Nuclear Weapons

The Global Approach to Nuclear Weapons

The role and control of nuclear weapons have been among the core concerns of International Affairs for many decades. In May 2010, a month long conference was held with delegates from 188 nations discussing a possible strengthening of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) —the cornerstone of global efforts to control the spread of nuclear weapons. In that vein, International Affairs has compiled this virtual issue which traces through a selection of articles from 1968 to 2010 the NPT’s history and its place in the international nuclear system.

Double-talk of double-think? A comment on the draft Non-Proliferation Treaty
David Vital
Volume 44, Issue 3 (1968)

Rethinking non-proliferation
Hedley Bull
Volume 51, Issue 2 (1975)

From NPT to INFCE developments in thinking about nuclear non-proliferation
Philip Gummett
Volume 57, Issue 4 (1981)

The mixed state of non-proliferation: the NPT review conference and beyond
Paul F. Power
Volume 62, Issue 3 (1986)

Nuclear Non-Proliferation and the post-Cold War era
John Simpson
Volume 70, Issue 1 (1994)

Nuclear order and disorder
William Walker
Volume 76, Issue 4 (2000)

The rise and fall of the NPT: an opportunity for Britain
Michael MccGwire
Volume 81, Issue 1 (2005)

The end of the NPT regime?
Joseph F. Pilat
Volume 83, Issue 3 (2007)

Rethinking the NPT’s role in security: 2010 and beyond
Rebecca Johnson
Volume 86, Issue 2 (2010)