The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

by Hansen, Keith A.

• ISBN13: 9780804753036
• ISBN10: 0804753032
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-01
• Publisher: Stanford Law & Politics

Summary

Since the mid-1950s, the international community has sought to ban all nuclear testing. In 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty emerged after three years of intense international negotiations. However, after nearly a decade, there is no sign that the treaty will ever enter into force. Despite the general support for and adherence to a series of national moratoria on nuclear explosive testing, it is important to understand why the effort to achieve a permanent ban on nuclear testing has experienced such difficulties and continues to travel such a problematic road. The author of this book is neither a promoter nor a critic of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but rather he provides a brief historical and analytical understanding of the events surrounding its negotiation and implementation. The author's analysis, based on his personal involvement in the CTBT negotiations, provides one insider's view of how the critical events unfolded and how they are likely to affect future nonproliferation initiatives.

Author Biography

Keith A. Hansen, Consulting Professor of International Relations at Stanford University, was involved in the CTBT negotiations and implementation activities for eight years as a member of the U.S. negotiating team.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Ambassador Thomas Graham
Acknowledgements	xiii
Abbreviations and Acronyms	xv
Preface	xvii
Introduction	1	(4)
Early Efforts to Limit Nuclear Testing	5	(9)
Negotiations, Part 1 A Unique Historical Opportunity for the CTBT	14	(9)
Negotiations, Part 2 Challenges Emerge	23	(15)
Negotiations, Part 3 End Game---India Bolts	38	(8)
Implementation, Part 1 Ratifications and Establishing the PrepCom	46	(13)
Implementation, Part 2 Bumps in the Road	59	(8)
Implementation, Part 3 Impact of Change in U.S. Policy	67	(8)
Implications of Alternative CTBT Futures for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime	75	(4)
Conclusion	79	(148)
APPENDICES
A. Chronology of Efforts to Ban the Testing of Nuclear Weapons	85	(2)
B. Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Text	87	(93)
C. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) CTBT Resolution and Voting Record, September 10, 1996	180	(2)
D. Resolution Establishing the CTBT Preparatory Commission	182	(14)
E. Some Lessons Learned from CTBT Negotiations and Implementation	196	(5)
F. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Text	201	(8)
G. 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Final Document	209	(8)
H. Proliferation Security Initiative Fact Sheet	217	(4)
I. UN Security Council Resolution 1540	221	(6)
Bibliography	227	(4)
Index	231	(2)
About the Author	233