Reconciling Non-Proliferation and Sovereign Rights: A Critical Assessment of NPT Safeguards and Enhanced Verification Regimes Introduction The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) represents one of the most enduring yet contested institutional pillars of the global nuclear order. At its normative core lies an inherent tension: while the treaty seeks to prevent the horizontal spread of nuclear … Continue reading To what extent do NPT safeguard regimes reconcile the tension between non-proliferation objectives and the sovereign right of Non-Nuclear-Weapon States to pursue peaceful nuclear technology? In what ways do enhanced safeguard measures, such as the Additional Protocol, alter the balance between transparency, compliance, and strategic vulnerability for NNWS?
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Critically analyze how the global nuclear non-proliferation regime has evolved into a mechanism that safeguards the strategic and hegemonic interests of established nuclear powers. To what extent do arguments invoking political stability serve to legitimize an asymmetrical nuclear order, and how does this shape the normative and structural constraints faced by aspiring or emerging nuclear states in the contemporary international system?
The Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime and the Asymmetry of Strategic Hegemony Introduction The global nuclear non-proliferation regime, anchored principally in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT, 1968), the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT, 1996), and associated export-control and safeguards mechanisms, represents both a normative and institutional architecture aimed at preventing the spread of … Continue reading Critically analyze how the global nuclear non-proliferation regime has evolved into a mechanism that safeguards the strategic and hegemonic interests of established nuclear powers. To what extent do arguments invoking political stability serve to legitimize an asymmetrical nuclear order, and how does this shape the normative and structural constraints faced by aspiring or emerging nuclear states in the contemporary international system?