Postures for Non-Proliferation

<p>To constrain nuclear proliferation one must in addition to designing a proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel cycle identify a set of long-term arms limitation and security policies for the major states. These policies should be capable of satisfying various security and political objectives of non-nuclear weapon states thereby minimizing their incentives to acquire independent nuclear weapon capabilities and thus collectively minimizing future nuclear proliferation. Originally published in 1979 this book attempts to identify such a comprehensive arms limitation and security regime. It reviews negotiations concerning the NPT through the end of the Review Conference of the NPT in mid-1975 and the subsequent strategic debate concerning nuclear proliferation.</p>