| Summary/Abstract |
DESPITE THE LONG SUCCESS OF THE 1968 TREATY ON THE NONPROLIFERATION
of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) regime in preventing new nuclear weapons proliferation,
some commentators believe it might collapse if a nuclear breakout by
a revolutionary power (e.g., Iran) leads to a proliferation cascade in the Middle
East or East Asia.
1 It is feared that such a proliferation cascade would exacerbate
regional insecurities and might possibly lead to regional nuclear
conflict. To prevent such collapse, these commentators call for intensified
diplomatic, economic, and, if necessary, military action to enforce the NPT’s
nonproliferation norm such as in the recently concluded (and still somewhat
controversial) Iran nuclear deal.
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