Nuclear Guarantees and Nonproliferation

On March 5, 1970, the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) went into effect, having been ratified by 47 states including the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The treaty legally bars these three nuclear powers from transferring atomic weapons to nonnuclear states and formally pledges those nonnuclear states signing the treaty to refrain from developing such weapons or acquiring them from other powers. It thus caps a long effort by the United States to inhibit—so long as it could not preclude—the spread of nuclear weapons and to avoid the potential instabilities associated with that spread

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• Research on Conflict Theory

  Open Access•Michael D Intriligator•Journal of Conflict Resolution•1982

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• The United States and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons

  John F Copper, William B Bader•The Western Political Quarterly•1969

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• Soldiers Without Enemies

  Rosalyn Higgins•International Affairs•1972

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