Nuclear Weapons

This book contains an up-to-date analysis on the legal aspects of nuclear non-proliferation

and disarmament. It scrutinizes the effectiveness, the limits, the adaptation, and the future

challenges of the regime on the control of nuclear weapons which is still based on the 1968

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and supported by the IAEA

controls.

It also deals with new challenges to the non-proliferation legal order deriving mainly from

new nuclear weapon states, the North Korean withdrawal from the NPT, the Iranian nuclear

programs, activities of non-state actors, the easier access of states and other entities to sensitive

materials, the still remote entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the

debate on a fissile material cut-off treaty.

As nuclear proliferation and disarmament are among the main threats to international peace

and security, this publication is also of interest outside the circle of academics and

practitioners in the field.