... at any time since the turn of the century. The global and regional confrontation between the great powers and their inability to agree on the most important issues of world politics further narrows this set. There will be no return of the DPRK to the NPT in the foreseeable future, much less the country’s accession to the CTBT.
Any new negotiation process with Pyongyang must, by necessity, proceed first and foremost from the immediate interests, concerns, and priorities of North Korea itself. Apparently, Pyongyang’s priorities are security guarantees for the DPRK and ...
... nearly fifty years of nuclear arms control history had come to an end.
If New START had ceased to exist on February 5 this year, the nuclear arms control system would have been completely dismantled, after which the question of the viability of the NPT and CTBT would obviously arise.
In addition, the destruction of this system would most likely lead to an uncontrolled multilateral arms race, including strategic land-based and submarine-based missiles, medium-range missiles, non-strategic nuclear weapons,...
... the Treaty: non-proliferation, disarmament and the peaceful use of nuclear energy. These include supporting the establishment of the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ), universalising the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), providing ideas for a set of new nuclear risk reduction measures, and answering challenges related to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Can Moscow and London Find a Way forward on the NPT?
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