Nuclear Weapons: Law, Policy, and Practice

Stuart Casey-Maslen

doi:10.1017/9781009039864

A new nuclear arms race is underway between Russia and the United States, one that focuses on the technology of delivery of nuclear warheads. This book describes how and why this race is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law. A global nuclear ban treaty entered into force in January 2021, but the nuclear powers kept distant. The last remaining treaty restraining the arsenals of the two nuclear superpowers will expire in less than five years' time and the risk is that other States will turn to nuclear arms for their defence, further fracturing the non-proliferation regime installed after the Cuban missile crisis.

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Introduction
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1 - The Development of Nuclear Weapons
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2 - Use of Nuclear Weapons
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3 - The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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4 - The Testing of Nuclear Weapons
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5 - Agreements between Russia and the United States
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6 - Treaties Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons
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7 - Verification
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8 - Use and Testing of Nuclear Weapons under International Law
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Concluding Remarks on the Future of Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
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Contents

Nuclear Weapons
pp i-ii

Nuclear Weapons - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Contents
pp v-ix

Cases and Materials
pp x-xiii

Table of Cases
pp xiv-xvi

Introduction
pp 1-6

1 - The Development of Nuclear Weapons
pp 7-51

2 - Use of Nuclear Weapons
pp 52-66

3 - The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
pp 67-97

4 - The Testing of Nuclear Weapons
pp 98-117

5 - Agreements between Russia and the United States
pp 118-140

6 - Treaties Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons
pp 141-173

7 - Verification
pp 174-197

8 - Use and Testing of Nuclear Weapons under International Law
pp 198-225

Concluding Remarks on the Future of Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament
pp 226-228

Select Bibliography
pp 229-234

Index
pp 235-246

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