Nuclear weapons : law, policy, and practice /

Nuclear weapons : law, policy, and practice /

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Author / Creator:	Casey-Maslen, Stuart, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Nuclear weapons (International law) Nuclear weapons (International law)
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12660817

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ISBN:	9781009039864 1009039865 9781316510858 1316510859 9781009018661 1009018663
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2021).
Summary:	"A new nuclear arms race is underway between Russia and the United States, one that focuses on the technology of delivery of nuclear warheads. This book describes how and why this race is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law. A global nuclear ban treaty entered into force in January 2021, but the nuclear powers kept distant. The last remaining treaty restraining the arsenals of the two nuclear superpowers will expire in less than five years' time and the risk is that other States will turn to nuclear arms for their defence, further fracturing the non-proliferation regime installed after the Cuban missile crisis"--

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The development of nuclear weapons
Use of nuclear weapons
The treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
The testing of nuclear weapons
Agreements between Russia and the United States
Treaties prohibiting nuclear weapons
Verification
Use and testing of nuclear weapons under international law
Concluding remarks on the future of nuclear arms control and disarmament.