This book contains an up-to-date analysis on the legal aspects of nuclear non-proliferation
and disarmament. It scrutinizes the effectiveness, the limits, the adaptation, and the future
challenges of the regime on the control of nuclear weapons which is still based on the 1968
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and supported by the IAEA
controls.
It also deals with new challenges to the non-proliferation legal order deriving mainly from
new nuclear weapon states, the North Korean withdrawal from the NPT, the Iranian nuclear
programs, activities of non-state actors, the easier access of states and other entities to sensitive
materials, the still remote entry into force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the
debate on a fissile material cut-off treaty.
As nuclear proliferation and disarmament are among the main threats to international peace
and security, this publication is also of interest outside the circle of academics and
practitioners in the field.