Neutral Europe and the Creation of the Nonproliferation Regim... - 9781032316123

Neutral Europe and the Creation of the Nonproliferation Regime1958-1968\nAuthor(s): Pascal Lottaz, Yoko Iwama\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032316123, 978-1032316123\nSynopsis\nLottaz, Iwama, and their contributors investigate the role of neutral and nonaligned European states during the negotiations for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).\n\nFocusing on the years from the Irish Resolution of 1958 until the treatys opening for signatures ten years later, the nine chapters written by area experts highlight the processes and reasons for the political and diplomatic actions the neutrals took, and how those impacted the multilateral treaty negotiations. The book reveals new aspects of the dynamics that lead to this most consequential multilateral breakthrough of the Cold War. In part one, three chapters analyze the international system from a birds eye perspective, discussing neutrality, .