Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Global Order (SIPRI Monograph Series)

This book presents different views on nuclear disarmament and arms control and includes a brief history of nuclear non-proliferation policy and the nuclear test ban issue. It describes the history and results of the 1990 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and the 1991 Partial Test Ban Treaty Amendment Conference. The work discusses potential consensus or dissension regarding future nuclear proliferation and the test ban and the prospects for an extension of the NPT. The work also covers the possible threat of a new North-South divide over these issues.