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?