| ID | 191977 |
| Title Proper | Twenty-five years safer? Assessing the IAEA’s Model Additional Protocol and its role in international politics |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Gibbons, Rebecca ; Robinson, Todd |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In 1991, international inspectors discovered Iraq’s clandestine nuclear-weapons program. In seeking this capability, Iraq was violating its commitment to the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. After this discovery, the international community and the International Atomic Energy Agency worked to improve nuclear safeguards so that secret nuclear-weapons activities would be more easily detected in the future. One of these improvements was the 1997 Model Additional Protocol. This article explores the value of the Additional Protocol and argues that it is the strongest signal available to states that they support the nuclear nonproliferation regime and have benign nuclear intentions. The article then assesses the reasons why several notable holdout states remain. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nonproliferation Review Vol. 28, No.4-6; Jul-Dec 2021: p.297-318 |
| Journal Source | Nonproliferation Review Vol: 28 No 4-6 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Weapons ; Treaties ; Nuclear Proliferation ; Nuclear Safeguards ; International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ; Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) ; Model Additional Protocol |