Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Nuclear Arms Race, Budapest Memorandum On Security Assurances, Nuclear Umbrella
11 Apr 2017
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1945: nuclear explosions in hiroshima and nagasaki. 1945-64: cold war-era expansion of us ussr stockpiles, tests, growing number of nuclear powers, early signs of interest in interstate cooperation. 1957: international atomic energy agency (iaea: does the inspections to maintain clarity on all sides of the treat. 1968: non-proliferation treaty, in force 1970: 190 signatories, major holdouts: india, pakistan, israel. The npt was renewed in 1995: every 5 years there is a meeting to discuss any changes needed to the be done to the treaty. Nnws agree (do not have weapons): not to acquire nuclear weapons, to submit to iaea inspections. Nws (have weapons) agree: not to transfer weapons to nnws, to begin nuclear disarmament, to help nnws develop nuclear power for civilian use. The nuclear family : (bolded is who has nukes in the 21st century: israel (1966, india (1974, south africa (1978, pakistan (1989, north korea (2000, usa (1945, ussr (1949, uk (1952, france (1958, china (1964)
