Reforms in the NPT and Prospects for India’s Accession: A Situational Analysis
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Volume:34
Issue:2
Articles
Since its indefinite extension in 1995, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has been on the sidelines, with its utility eroding in the post-Cold War security environment, as new instruments took over the anti-proliferation mantle. Being the cornerstone of the regime and near-universal in character, the NPT has nonetheless survived despite a host of challenges threatening its existence. Its future, however, is imperilled unless the member states take remedial actions, including a restructuring of the treaty to suit 21st century requirements. Such structural reforms should meet new challenges as well as redress existing shortcomings, including the means to ensure total universalisation.
Posted on: March 1, 2010
Keywords: India, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) March 2010 | Strategic Analysis
