| ID | 091673 |
| Title Proper | Saving the NPT |
| Other Title Information | time to renew treaty commitments |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Meyer, Paul |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | For more than forty years, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has provided major security benefits to the international community; however, the treaty is suffering from internal and external pressures, and benign neglect on the part of its members is undermining its authority. To ensure the treaty's continued viability, it is time for member states to start showing the NPT the respect it deserves and to renew their commitments to its fundamental purposes. Achieving this requires remedial action in at least four areas of vulnerability: reinvigorating nuclear disarmament; strengthening nonproliferation; overcoming the NPT's institutional deficit; and fostering a rapprochement between NPT and non-NPT states that does not abandon the goal of treaty universalization. There is still time before the 2010 NPT Review Conference for concerted action to restore the NPT's vitality and for the United States to resume its leadership role on behalf of the treaty and its membership. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nonproliferation Review Vol. 16, No. 3; Nov 2009: p463-472 |
| Journal Source | Nonproliferation Review Vol. 16, No. 3; Nov 2009: p463-472 |
| Key Words | Nonproliferation ; Treaty - Non-Proliferation - Nuclear Weapons ; International Security ; Treaty Regimes ; NPT |