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Lectures 4 & 5
EVOLUTION OF THE NUCLEAR
NONPROLIFERATION
Dr. Vladimir OrlovFounder & Special Advisor
PIR Center
MGIMO University
Dual Degree M.A. in Nonproliferation Studies
Moscow, 2017
FIRST
NUCLEAR TEST
JULY 16, 1945
Conducted by the U.S. as part of the
Manhattan project.
Given the code name “Trinity”.
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HIROSHIMA AND
NAGASAKI BOMBING
AUGUST 6, 1945AUGUST 9, 1945
Brought the Second World War to an
end.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
“If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of
nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the
names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.”
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FIRST SOVIET
NUCLEAR TEST
AUGUST 29, 1949
Operation was called “Operation First
Lightning”/”RDS-1” and took place at
Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR.
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UK’S FIRST
NUCLEAR TEST
OCTOBER 3, 1952
The operation was called “Hurricane” and took place in the lagoon between the Montebello Islands, Western Australia.
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IAEA FOUNDED
OCTOBER, 1957
The Agency’s genesis was U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953.
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ANTARCTIC TREATY
SIGNED
DECEMBER 1, 1959
The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the 12 countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58.
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USSR HELPED CHINA
CREATE NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
1950s
USSR helped China develop nuclear
capability by sending its lead
scientists.
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FRANCE’S FIRST
NUCLEAR TEST
FEBRUARY 13, 1960
The operation was called “Gerboise
Bleue” (“Blue Jerboa”) and took
place in the Algerian Sahara desert.
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IRISH RESOLUTION
PASSED
DECEMBER 4, 1961
Irish Resolution culminated in the adoption of the NPT and Ireland was the first country to sign the NPT in 1968.
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DECISION TO DEPLOY
SOVIET MISSILES IN
CUBA
MAY 24, 1962
The decision was made on May 24
by Soviet Presidium. It was taken
unanimously.
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CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS
OCTOBER 16 – 28, 1962
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During the Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba.
PARTIAL NUCLEAR
TEST BAN TREATY
SIGNED
AUGUST 5, 1963
The Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water.
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CHINA’S FIRST
NUCLEAR TEST
OCTOBER 16, 1964
Operation was called “596”.
Originally named by the U.S.
intelligence agencies “Chic-1”.
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NONPROLIFERATION
DISCUSSIONS
1966
The US and the Soviet Union started
bilateral discussion of
nonproliferation related issues.
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UNSC RESOLUTION
225 ADOPTED
OCTOBER 14, 1966
Positive security assurances, i.e.,
protection against the use or threat
of use of nuclear weapons.
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NEGOTIATIONS ON THE
NONPROLIFERATION
TREATY
1966 - 1968
• Lyndon Johnson’s initiatives
• ‘Walk in the woods’
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GENEVA COMMITTEE
WAS ASSIGNED TO
ELABORATE DRAFT NPT
1967
In May 1968 Geneva Committee presented the draft of the Treaty to the UNGA.June 12, 1968 the draft was approved by the UNGA.
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OUTER SPACE
TREATY SIGNED
JANUARY 27, 1967
Treaty sought to prevent "a new form of colonial competition" and the possible damage that self-seeking exploitation might cause.
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TLATELOLCO TREATY
SIGNED
FEBRUARY 14, 1967
The Treaty envisaged creation of a
nuclear-weapon-free zone in Latin
America and the Caribbean.
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ISRAEL ACQUIRED
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
1960s
Israel did not test its nuclear weapons.
The exact number of nuclear warheads
is unknown.
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SEABED ARMS
CONTROL TREATY
SIGNED
FEBRUARY 11, 1971
The Treaty sought to prevent the introduction
of international conflict and nuclear weapons
on the ocean floor beyond 12-mile costal
zone.
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INDIA’S FIRST
NUCLEAR TEST
MAY 18, 1974
The operation was called “Smiling
Buddha”.
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NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
GROUP FIRST MET IN
LONDON
NOVEMBER, 1975
It is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of Guidelines for nuclear exports.
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FIRST NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
MAY 5 – 30, 1975
The conference adopted a Final Declaration by consensus which set the precedent for future Review Conferences to produce documents that detail initiatives to further the application of the Treaty.
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DEPLOYMENT OF US
MISSILES IN EUROPE
NATO decided to deploy 572 new nuclear missiles in Western Europe: 108 Pershing II Missiles and 464 Ground Launched Cruise Missiles.
1979
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NUCLEAR WEAPON
PROGRAMS OF
STATES OUTSIDE NPT
1970s
• Argentina• Brazil• Pakistan• South Africa
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SOUTH AFRICA
ACQUIRED NUCLEAR
WEAPONS
1970s
“Six and a half” bombs were created
during South African nuclear
program.
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SOVIET-US
COOPERATION
1970s
• Coordination on Argentinian nuclear. weapon program.
• South Africa’s nuclear testing prevented• SALT I, SALT II Treaties concluded.
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SECOND NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
AUGUST 11 –SEPTEMBER 7, 1980
The Second NPT Review Conference.
The Conference was unable to agree
on a Final Declaration.
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THE OSIRAK
BOMBING
JUNE 7, 1981
This attack carried out by Israel is called Operation Opera or Operation Babylon. The operation came after Iran's unsuccessful Operation Scorch Sword.
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ESCALATION OF THE
COLD WAR
1983
South Korean Boeing shot down by
the USSR in the Far East.
Risk of nuclear accidents increased.
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THIRD NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
AUGUST 27 –
SEPTEMBER 21, 1985
The Final Declaration was strongly supportive of the Treaty, although it was critical of its implementation in some areas, particularly those relating to the cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament.
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TREATY OF RAROTONGA
SIGNED
SEPTEMBER 6, 1985
The Treaty of Rarotonga is the common name for the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, which formalized a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the South Pacific.
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DPRK JOINED
THE NPT
DECEMBER 12, 1985
The Soviet Union was the one to
apply pressure on the DPRK for it to
join the NPT.
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REYKJAVIK
SUMMIT
OCTOBER 11 - 12, 1986
Reykjavik has become a symbol of sorts -an example that nuclear disarmament is within reach as long as political leaders have courage to make such a decision.
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INF TREATY
SIGNED
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces Treaty was signed in
Washington.
DECEMBER 8, 1988
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CLANDESTINE IRAQI
NUCLEAR WEAPON
PROGRAM
Iraq had a peaceful nuclear program based on research reactors provided by the USSR in the 1960s and France in the 1970s, and ran a clandestine program since early 1980s.
1980s
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SOUTH AFRICA
TERMINATED NW
PROGRAM
1989
Since abandoning its nuclear weapons program, South Africa has emerged as a champion of both global nuclear nonproliferation and equal access to peaceful nuclear energy.
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FORTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
AUGUST 20 –SEPTEMBER 7, 1990
The Conference was unable to
adopt a Final Declaration.
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS
REMOVAL FROM
SOVIET REPUBLICS
1991 - 1996
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine
became non-nuclear-weapon-states.
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RUSSIAN-IRANIAN
AGREEMENT
1992
Russian Federation and IR of Iran agreed on construction of Bushernuclear power plant. The contract for building the NPP was signed in 1995.
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AGREED FRAMEWORK
BETWEEN US AND DPRK
OCTOBER 21,1994
Graphite-moderated nuclear
reactors were to be replaced with
light water reactors.
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FIFTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
APRIL 17 – MAY 12, 1995
The NPT was indefinitely extended. ‘Principles and objectives on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament’, and a ‘Resolution on the Middle East’ was adopted without a vote.
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BANGKOK TREATY
SIGNED
DECEMBER 15, 1995
Nuclear weapons moratorium between Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.
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TREATY OF
PELINDABA SIGNED
APRIL 11, 1996
The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
(ANWFZ) or Treaty of Pelindaba covers
the entire African continent.
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FIRST SUMMIT ON
NUCLEAR SECURITY
APRIL 19 – 20, 1996
Summit was held in Moscow.
Program on Countering Illicit Trafficking
in Nuclear Materials adopted.
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INDIA & PAKISTAN’S
NUCLEAR TESTS
1998
• Operation Shakti (India)
• Chagai I, Chagai II (Pakistan)
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SIXTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
APRIL 24 – MAY 19, 2000
Conference adopted the Final Declaration,which reviewed the operation of the Treatyand recommended a number of practicalsteps, including 13 steps of nucleardisarmament, to be achieved in the future.
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US WITHDREW FROM
THE ABM TREATY
JUNE, 2002
“As the events of September 11 made clear, we no longer live in the Cold War world for which the ABM Treaty was designed.”
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LEADERS OF G8 MET
AT KANANASKIS
JUNE 26 – 27, 2002
Leaders agreed on the document on
Global Partnership Against Proliferation
of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
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CUBA RATIFIED
TLATELOLCO TREATY
OCTOBER 23, 2002
Signature and ratification by all 33
nations of Latin America and the
Caribbean is completed.
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US INVASION IN IRAQ
MARCH 20 –MAY 1, 2003
The US invaded Iraq under the
pretext of fighting WMD proliferation.
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UNSC RESOLUTIONS
ON DPRK
• 1993 (reconsider withdrawal)
• 2006 (nuclear test)• 2009 (nuclear test,
Res. 1540)• 2013 (satellite launch)• 2016 (imposed
sanctions)
• 2006• 2009• 2013• 2016 (2)
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DPRK ANNOUNCED
ITS WITHDRAWAL
FROM THE NPT
JANUARY 10, 2003
“Even though we are withdrawing
from the Treaty, we do not seek to
produce nuclear weapons.”
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LIBYAN IMITATION OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PROGRAM REVEALED
2003
In 2003, Muammar Qadhafi renounced all of his regime's WMD programs, after more than three decades of extensive efforts to develop WMDs and their delivery systems.
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PROLIFERATION
SECURITY INITIATIVE
CREATED
MAY, 2003
Initiative to stop trafficking of weapons of mass destruction launched by George W. Bush. 105 countries have endorsed the PSI.
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US-INDIA 123
AGREEMENT
JULY 18, 2005
This agreement allowed for fuel for
India's civilian nuclear reactors, and
the reprocessing of spent fuel.
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SEVENTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
MAY 2 – 27, 2005
The Seventh NPT Review Conference
was held in New York. The Conference
failed to adopt a Final Declaration.
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CENTRAL ASIAN NWFZ
TREATY SIGNED
SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
This Treaty is a legally binding commitment by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan not to manufacture, acquire, test, or possess nuclear weapons.
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UNSC RESOLUTIONS
ON IRANResolution 1696 –Council demanded that Iran halts its uranium enrichment program.Resolution 1737 –Imposed sanctions against Iran. It banned the supply of nuclear-related technology and materials.
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2006
NEW START TREATY
APRIL 8, 2010
Russia and the U.S. signed the Treatyon Measures for the Further Reductionand Limitation of Strategic OffensiveArms.
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EIGHTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
MAY 3 – 28, 2010
The Eighth Review Conference of theStates Parties to the NPT held in NewYork.64-point Action Plan.
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FAILURE TO CONVENE
CONFERENCE ON THE
ZONE FREE OF WMD
DECEMBER, 2012
On November 23, the United Statesissued a statement postponing theDecember 2012 conference on WMDfree zone in the Middle East.
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JOINT COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN OF ACTION
REACHED
JULY 14, 2015
JCPOA was reached in Vienna
between Iran, the P5+1 and the
European Union.
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NINTH NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE
APRIL 27 – MAY 22, 2015
• The lack of new action plan till 2020
• The issue on convening the Conference on
WMD-free zone in the ME remained unsettled
• Disagreement on disarmament issues may lead
to attempts to sign document prohibiting NW
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