Nuclear Non-proliferation in an Unstable World
... have to be very different from what we saw over the last fifty years (e. g. it would be difficult to envisage new comprehensive legally binding US-Russian agreements ratified by the US Senate). Today, we need an entirely new (hopefully, multilateral) arms control model capable of catching up with rapidly progressing nuclear technologies. Nuclear powers have to clearly and unambiguously reconfirm their remaining commitment to nuclear disarmament in order to avoid a full collapse of the NPT regime. An important contribution to nonproliferation would be further progress in entering into force the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which a number of important international players still have to ratify. Second, in view of multiple ...
