The Law of Arms Control and the International Non-Proliferation Regime : Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons.

Intro -- The Law of Arms Control and the International Non-proliferation Regime: Preventing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction: Non-proliferation and International Law -- 1 Nuclear Proliferation and the Dual Use Problem -- 2 Non-proliferation Chronology, Instruments and Recent Challenges -- 2.1 Early Non-proliferation Efforts -- 2.2 The NPT, IAEA, and Trade Controls -- 2.3 Challenges to the Non-proliferation Regime -- 3 Research Question and Outline -- 4 Methodology -- 5 Relevance -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 1 Law, Security and Politics -- 1.1 Realism: Nuclear Weapons, National Security and Deterrence -- 1.2 The Influence of Political Factors on Nuclear Arms Control Law -- 1.3 Arms Control Law and International Relations Theory -- 1.4 International Relations Theory and International Organisations -- 1.5 Evaluation: Flexibility and Legal Certainty in Nuclear Arms Control Law -- 2 The Supervision of Non-proliferation Rules -- 2.1 The Concept of Supervision and Its Relevance -- 2.2 Supervisory Processes -- 2.3 Evaluation: Analysing Supervisory Mechanisms -- 3 Treaty Interpretation and the NPT -- 3.1 The Object and Purpose of the NPT -- 3.2 Approaches to Treaty Interpretation -- 3.3 Dynamic Interpretation of the NPT as a Law-Making Treaty -- 3.4 Subsequent Agreement, Practice, and the NPT -- 3.5 Evaluation: A Method for Interpreting the NPT -- 4 International Institutional Principles and the IAEA -- 4.1 The Institutional Framework of the IAEA -- 4.2 Institutional Principles, Flexibility and Legal Certainty -- 4.3 Evaluation: The IAEA as a 'living' Instrument -- 5 Conclusion -- 3 Relevant Provisions of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty -- 1 Articles I and II: Core Non-proliferation Obligations -- 2 Article III.1: The Obligation to Conclude Safeguards Agreements with the IAEA.

2.1 The Verification Standard: Subsequent Agreement and Practice -- 2.2 Article III.1 NPT: Purpose and Scope -- 2.3 Evolving Safeguards Standards -- 2.4 The CSA, AP and Article III.1 -- 2.5 Evaluation: The Evolving Nature of Article III.1 -- 3 Article III.2 NPT: Safeguarding Nuclear Imports and Exports -- 3.1 Object and Purpose: travaux préparatoires -- 3.2 Article III.2 at Review Conferences -- 3.3 Evaluation: The Issues of Article III.2 -- 4 Article IV NPT: Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy -- 4.1 Article IV.1 -- 4.2 Article IV.2 -- 4.3 Evaluation: Rights and Obligations under Article IV -- 5 Article X.1: Withdrawal from the NPT -- 5.1 Travaux préparatoires and Review Conferences -- 5.2 Reactions to the Withdrawal from the NPT by the DPRK -- 5.3 General Public International Law and Consequences of Withdrawal -- 5.4 Evaluation of Article X -- 6 Article VI: The Role of Nuclear Disarmament -- 7 Conclusions -- 4 The Role of Trade Controls in the Non-proliferation Regime -- 1 Trade Control Regimes -- 1.1 International -- 1.2 Domestic Trade Control Regimes -- 1.3 Evaluation: The Flexibility of Trade Controls -- 2 Trade Controls as a Non-proliferation Instrument -- 2.1 Supervision of UNSCR 1540 -- 2.2 Implementation of UNSCR 1540 -- 2.3 Implementation of NSG Guidelines -- 2.4 Trade Controls and the NPT -- 2.5 Evaluation: An International Framework for Trade Controls? -- 3 Conclusion -- 5 International Supervision of Non-proliferation Norms -- 1 The Role of IAEA Organs: Review and Assessment -- 1.1 Legal Framework and Practice -- 1.2 International Institutional Principles and the IAEA Framework -- 1.3 The Role of Individual Member States -- 1.4 Evaluation: Institutional Flexibility of the IAEA -- 2 Methodology of the Review Process -- 2.1 Applicable IAEA Documents -- 2.2 IAEA Practice -- 2.3 Member State Objections and Institutional Principles.

2.4 Evaluation: Methodological Freedom -- 3 Methodology of the Assessment Process -- 3.1 Practice of the Board -- 3.2 Disputes and the Mandate of the Board -- 3.3 Evaluation: Assessment and Confidence -- 4 Compliance Management at the IAEA -- 4.1 IAEA Legal Documents -- 4.2 Low-level Conflict Management by the Secretariat -- 4.3 Non-compliance Case Studies: The Role of the Secretariat and Board -- 4.4 Coercive versus Cooperative Management and the IAEA Framework -- 4.5 Evaluation: Carrots over Sticks -- 5 The Role of Unilateral Measures -- 5.1 Unilateral Measures as Compliance Management -- 5.2 Information Gathering, Review and Assessment -- 5.3 Unilateral Actions and Multilateral Regimes -- 5.4 Evaluation: Unilateral Supervision and the Non-proliferation Regime -- 6 Conclusions -- 6 Concluding Observations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Non-proliferation Regime as a Constitutional Legal-political Order -- 3 Strengths of the Non-proliferation Regime -- 3.1 The NPT's Capacity for Adaptation -- 3.2 The Potential of Nuclear-related Trade Controls -- 3.3 The Supervision of Non-proliferation Norms -- 4 Weaknesses of the Non-proliferation Regime -- 4.1 The NPT, Trade Controls and the Dual-use Problem -- 4.2 Political Polarisation and the Effectiveness of the Non-proliferation Regime -- 4.3 Ineffective Coercive Compliance Management -- 5 Perspectives for the Future -- 5.1 Rethinking the NPT -- 5.2 Elaborating Non-proliferation Norms -- 5.3 Strengthening the Supervision of the Non-proliferation Regime -- 6 Conclusion -- Annex: Text of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons -- Index.

This book analyzes the strengths, weaknesses, development and potential of the nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime, providing new insights on the role of public international law in a field as politicized as that of nuclear arms control.

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