The law of arms control and the international non-proliferation regime : preventing the spread of nuclear weapons / by Tom Coppen.
2017
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Title
The law of arms control and the international non-proliferation regime : preventing the spread of nuclear weapons / by Tom Coppen.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, [2017]
Call Number
KZ5675 .C67 2017
ISBN
9789004333161 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9004333169 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9789004333352 (e-book)
9004333169 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9789004333352 (e-book)
Description
viii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)956340531
Summary
Nuclear proliferation poses a serious threat to international peace and security. The non-proliferation regime is the body of public international law that aims to counter this threat. It has been a cornerstone of global security for decades. This book analyses its main instruments. The book focuses on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, international trade controls and the International Atomic Energy Agency. It describes the internal mechanics of these mechanisms, their development, and their strengths and weaknesses. It shows how they together are the basis of a political-legal order that is more than the sum of its parts, offering new insights on the role of international law in an area dominated by security-driven politics.
Note
Nuclear proliferation poses a serious threat to international peace and security. The non-proliferation regime is the body of public international law that aims to counter this threat. It has been a cornerstone of global security for decades. This book analyses its main instruments. The book focuses on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, international trade controls and the International Atomic Energy Agency. It describes the internal mechanics of these mechanisms, their development, and their strengths and weaknesses. It shows how they together are the basis of a political-legal order that is more than the sum of its parts, offering new insights on the role of international law in an area dominated by security-driven politics.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Available in Other Form
Online version: Coppen, Tom. Law of arms control and the international non-proliferation regime. Leiden ; Boston : Brill/Nijhoff, [2016] 9789004333352 (DLC) 2016044161
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Table of Contents
1.
Introduction: Non-proliferation and International Law
1
1.
Nuclear Proliferation and the Dual Use Problem
1
2.
Non-proliferation Chronology, Instruments and Recent Challenges
4
2.1.
Early Non-proliferation Efforts
4
2.2.
NPT, IAEA, and Trade Controls
6
2.3.
Challenges to the Non-proliferation Regime
13
3.
Research Question and Outline
19
4.
Methodology
21
5.
Relevance
28
2.
Theoretical Framework
30
1.
Law, Security and Politics
30
1.1.
Realism: Nuclear Weapons, National Security and Deterrence
30
1.2.
Influence of Political Factors on Nuclear Arms Control Law
34
1.3.
Arms Control Law and International Relations Theory
40
1.4.
International Relations Theory and International Organisations
43
1.5.
Evaluation: Flexibility and Legal Certainty in Nuclear Arms Control Law
46
2.
Supervision of Non-proliferation Rules
49
2.1.
Concept of Supervision and Its Relevance
49
2.2.
Supervisory Processes
54
2.3.
Evaluation: Analysing Supervisory Mechanisms
76
3.
Treaty Interpretation and the NPT
77
3.1.
Object and Purpose of the NPT
78
3.2.
Approaches to Treaty Interpretation
83
3.3.
Dynamic Interpretation of the NPT as a Law-Making Treaty
85
3.4.
Subsequent Agreement, Practice, and the NPT
94
3.5.
Evaluation: A Method for Interpreting the NPT
100
4.
International Institutional Principles and the IAEA
101
4.1.
Institutional Framework of the IAEA
101
4.2.
Institutional Principles, Flexibility and Legal Certainty
107
4.3.
Evaluation: The IAEA as a `living' Instrument
119
5.
Conclusion
120
3.
Relevant Provisions of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty
123
1.
Articles I and II: Core Non-proliferation Obligations
123
2.
Article III.1: The Obligation to Conclude Safeguards Agreements with the IAEA
128
2.1.
Verification Standard: Subsequent Agreement and Practice
128
2.2.
Article III.1 NPT: Purpose and Scope
132
2.3.
Evolving Safeguards Standards
134
2.4.
CSA, AP and Article III.1
138
2.5.
Evaluation: The Evolving Nature of Article III.1
142
3.
Article III.2 NPT: Safeguarding Nuclear Imports and Exports
144
3.1.
Object and Purpose: travaux preparatoires
144
3.2.
Article III.2 at Review Conferences
146
3.3.
Evaluation: The Issues of Article III.2
150
4.
Article IV NPT: Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
153
4.1.
Article IV.1
153
4.2.
Article IV.2
163
4.3.
Evaluation: Rights and Obligations under Article IV
169
5.
Article X.1: Withdrawal from the NPT
171
5.1.
Travaux preparatoires and Review Conferences
171
5.2.
Reactions to the Withdrawal from the NPT by the DPRK
177
5.3.
General Public International Law and Consequences of Withdrawal
178
5.4.
Evaluation of Article X
180
6.
Article VI: The Role of Nuclear Disarmament
182
7.
Conclusions
186
4.
Role of Trade Controls in the Non-proliferation Regime
191
1.
Trade Control Regimes
191
1.1.
International
191
1.2.
Domestic Trade Control Regimes
196
1.3.
Evaluation: The Flexibility of Trade Controls
225
2.
Trade Controls as a Non-proliferation Instrument
229
2.1.
Supervision of UNSCR 1540
229
2.2.
Implementation of UNSCR 1540
236
2.3.
Implementation of NSG Guidelines
240
2.4.
Trade Controls and the NPT
244
2.5.
Evaluation: An International Framework for Trade Controls?
249
3.
Conclusion
252
5.
International Supervision of Non-proliferation Norms
255
1.
Role of IAEA Organs: Review and Assessment
256
1.1.
Legal Framework and Practice
256
1.2.
International Institutional Principles and the IAEA Framework
262
1.3.
Role of Individual Member States
267
1.4.
Evaluation: Institutional Flexibility of the IAEA
270
2.
Methodology of the Review Process
272
2.1.
Applicable IAEA Documents
272
2.2.
IAEA Practice
275
2.3.
Member State Objections and Institutional Principles
283
2.4.
Evaluation: Methodological Freedom
285
3.
Methodology of the Assessment Process
287
3.1.
Practice of the Board
287
3.2.
Disputes and the Mandate of the Board
294
3.3.
Evaluation: Assessment and Confidence
296
4.
Compliance Management at the IAEA
298
4.1.
IAEA Legal Documents
298
4.2.
Low-level Conflict Management by the Secretariat
301
4.3.
Non-compliance Case Studies: The Role of the Secretariat and Board
303
4.4.
Coercive versus Cooperative Management and the IAEA Framework
313
4.5.
Evaluation: Carrots over Sticks
316
5.
Role of Unilateral Measures
318
5.1.
Unilateral Measures as Compliance Management
318
5.2.
Information Gathering, Review and Assessment
321
5.3.
Unilateral Actions and Multilateral Regimes
324
5.4.
Evaluation: Unilateral Supervision and the Non-proliferation Regime
327
6.
Conclusions
328
6.
Concluding Observations
332
1.
Introduction
332
2.
Non-proliferation Regime as a Constitutional Legal-political Order
335
3.
Strengths of the Non-proliferation Regime
339
3.1.
NPT'S Capacity for Adaptation
339
3.2.
Potential of Nuclear-related Trade Controls
341
3.3.
Supervision of Non-proliferation Norms
342
4.
Weaknesses of the Non-proliferation Regime
345
4.1.
NPT, Trade Controls and the Dual-use Problem
345
4.2.
Political Polarisation and the Effectiveness of the Non-proliferation Regime
347
4.3.
Ineffective Coercive Compliance Management
351
5.
Perspectives for the Future
351
5.1.
Rethinking the NPT
352
5.2.
Elaborating Non-proliferation Norms
354
5.3.
Strengthening the Supervision of the Non-proliferation Regime
358
6.
Conclusion
361
Annex: Text of the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
365
Index
371