Unfinished business : the negotiation of the CTBT and the end of nuclear testing

The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) remains a key piece of unfinished business of the nuclear age. As a growing number of governments and decision makers put forward ideas to move the world toward abolishing nuclear weapons, much can be learnt from how the CTBT was fought for, opposed a...

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Autor principal: Johnson, Rebecca (autor)
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2009,
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  • Introduction
  • Cold war attempts to ban nuclear explosions
  • Putting the test ban back on the table
  • The struggle for a zero-yield test ban
  • Making the treaty ban civilian as well as military nuclear explosions
  • Entry into force and the endgame
  • Designing a robust verification regime
  • Lessons for future multilateral security negotiations
  • Securitng the CTBT.