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Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Ramesh Thakur

    1. United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Stepping Stones to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World

      • Ramesh Thakur
      Pages 3-32

  3. The Four Established Zones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Latin America — The Treaty of Tlatelolco

      • Monica Serrano
      Pages 35-58

    3. The South Pacific — The Treaty of Rarotonga

      • Michael Hamel-Green
      Pages 59-80

    4. Southeast Asia — The Treaty of Bangkok

      • Carolina G. Hernandez
      Pages 81-92

    5. Africa — The Treaty of Pelindaba

      • Julius O. Ihonvbere
      Pages 93-120

  4. Four Prospective Zones

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. A Northeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone: A Korean Perspective

      • Bon-Hak Koo
      Pages 123-139

    3. A Northeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free-Zone: A Japanese Perspective

      • Naoko Sajima
      Pages 140-151

    4. The Case for a South Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

      • Samina Yasmeen
      Pages 152-172

    5. The Obstacles to a South Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

      • Dipankar Banerjee
      Pages 173-183

    6. The Case For a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the Middle East

      • Ibrahim A. Karawan
      Pages 184-193

    7. The Obstacles to a Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

      • Gerald M. Steinberg
      Pages 194-209

    8. A Nuclear-Weapon-Free Southern Hemisphere

      • Terence O’Brien
      Pages 210-222

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 223-235
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Almost the entire southern hemisphere is now covered by nuclear-weapon-free zones. The ones in Latin America and the South Pacific were established during the Cold War, those in Southeast Asia and Africa after its ending. Zones have also been proposed, so far without success, for the Middle East, South Asia and Northeast Asia. In this book, analysts from within the respective regions explore the reasons for success and failure in the establishment of the zone, and their utility and limitations as stepping stones to a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Editors and Affiliations

  • United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

    Ramesh Thakur

About the editor

DIPANKAR BANERJEE AVSM, formerly Deputy Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. MICHAEL HAMEL-GREEN Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Community Studies at Victoria University of Technology in Melbourne CAROLINA G. HERNANDEZ Professor of International Relations at the University of the Philippines and President of the Institute for Strategic and Development Studies in Manila JULIUS O. IHONVBERE Program Officer in the Peace and Social Justice Program of the Ford Foundation in New York IBRAHIM A. KARAWAN Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City BON-KAK KOO Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defence Analyses (KIDA) TERENCE O'BRIEN Foundation Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Wellington NAOKO SAJIMA Research Professor at the National Institute for Defence Studies, Japan MONICA SERRANO Senior Lecturer at El Colegio de Mexico GERALD M. STEINBERG Professor of Political Studies and Director of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Research at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies SAMINA YASMEEN Senior Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Western Australia

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