Nuclear Boomerang

... between military and peaceful uses of atomic energy and the presence of nuclear ambitions in some states, the treaty was and remains the most important starting point for collective action aimed at diminishing the nuclear threat and ensuring the use of atomic energy for exclusively peaceful purposes” [Timerbaev 2023: 222]. All nuclear arms control agreements signed since 1968, including the most recent New START, have contained references to commitment to the NPT. Negotiations on the limitation and reduction of strategic arms began one year after the NPT was signed, following a clear ...