Political Governance

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Arielle Lolita

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  • 1970 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):
    • aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology
    • to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy
    • to further the goal of disarmament
    • nuclear-weapon states , consisting of the United States, Russia, China, France, and the United Kingdom, commit to pursue general and complete disarmament
    • non-nuclear-weapon states agree to forgo developing or acquiring nuclear weapons.
    • Nuclear weapon states currently: UK, USA, China, Russia, France, India, Pakistan, Israel (unconfirmed but almost certainly), North Korea
  • Successes of Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • has the widest adherence of any arms control agreement
    • Apart from North Korea no state has developed nuclear weapons since the 1980s
    • S. Africa unilaterally disarmed in the 1990s
    • 1986 to 2006 dramatic reductions in US and Russian stockpiles of warheads
  • Failures of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
    • India, Israel, and Pakistan have refused to sign the treaty or commit to disarmament
    • Russia and USA still possess 90% of global warhead capacity
    • France, UK and USA all investing to update existing systems
    • North Korea withdrew in 2003 and continues to spend large sums on stockpiles whilst threatening neighbours
  • The collapse of the Iran deal
    Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was the crowning diplomatic achievement of Obama
    • Signed by Iran, P5 + Germany and restricted Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for lifting economic sanctions
    • Iran gave access to IAEA inspectors and had been upholding their commitments 
    • Trump opposed the deal, withdrawing in 2018
    • Jan 2020 US accuses Iran of attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, US assassinates Iranian Quds Force General
    • Iran missile attacks on US bases in Iraq
    • Iran withdrew from JCPOA
  • The latest on the Iran deal
    • US Department of State recently said nuclear deal was “not our focus right now”, choosing instead to focus on supporting anti-government protests within Iran
    • Iranian president Raisi said that the US’s  “hegemonic system has no credibility, whether inside or outside the country” and that Iran would continue to reject Western involvement and intervention