Author : Michael Chance
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (897 download)
Book Synopsis The Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East by : Michael Chance
Download or read book The Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East written by Michael Chance and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every country in the Middle East - with the exception of Israel - has signed and ratified The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and renounced its sovereign right to build or acquire nuclear weapons. Nonetheless, there have been more violations of the NPT non-proliferation norm in the Middle East than in any other region of the world. These violations have eroded the credibility of the international non-proliferation regime and represent its inability to constrain state behavior and verify compliance in the Middle East. A regional nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) has been endorsed by every country in the region but there has been little progress made toward achieving this goal. Israel is the only nuclear power in the Middle East and would have to disarm in order to establish a NWFZ. The Arab states and Iran believe Israeli nuclear disarmament should be the first step toward the creation of a NWFZ and they continue to exert diplomatic pressure on Israel to join the NPT. Israeli leaders argue that regional peace and normalized relations should precede the establishment of a NWFZ in the Middle East. These discrepant views on sequencing have stalled every initiative to establish a regional arms control treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons in the Middle East.