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Lectures 4 & 5 EVOLUTION OF THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION Dr. Vladimir Orlov Founder & Special Advisor PIR Center MGIMO University Dual Degree M.A. in Nonproliferation Studies Moscow, 2017

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Lectures 4 & 5

EVOLUTION OF THE NUCLEAR

NONPROLIFERATION

Dr. Vladimir OrlovFounder & Special Advisor

PIR Center

MGIMO University

Dual Degree M.A. in Nonproliferation Studies

Moscow, 2017

FIRST

NUCLEAR TEST

JULY 16, 1945

Conducted by the U.S. as part of the

Manhattan project.

Given the code name “Trinity”.

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HIROSHIMA AND

NAGASAKI BOMBING

AUGUST 6, 1945AUGUST 9, 1945

Brought the Second World War to an

end.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

“If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of

nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the

names of Los Alamos and of Hiroshima.”

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END OF THE

WORLD WAR II

SEPTEMBER 2, 1945

Casualties: around 60 million

people.

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FIRST SOVIET

NUCLEAR TEST

AUGUST 29, 1949

Operation was called “Operation First

Lightning”/”RDS-1” and took place at

Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR.

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KOREAN WAR

JUNE 25, 1950 –

JULY 27, 1953

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UK’S FIRST

NUCLEAR TEST

OCTOBER 3, 1952

The operation was called “Hurricane” and took place in the lagoon between the Montebello Islands, Western Australia.

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SUEZ CRISIS

OCTOBER 29, 1956 –

NOVEMBER 7, 1956

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IAEA FOUNDED

OCTOBER, 1957

The Agency’s genesis was U.S. President Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace” address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on 8 December 1953.

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ANTARCTIC TREATY

SIGNED

DECEMBER 1, 1959

The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the 12 countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58.

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USSR HELPED CHINA

CREATE NUCLEAR

WEAPONS

1950s

USSR helped China develop nuclear

capability by sending its lead

scientists.

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FRANCE’S FIRST

NUCLEAR TEST

FEBRUARY 13, 1960

The operation was called “Gerboise

Bleue” (“Blue Jerboa”) and took

place in the Algerian Sahara desert.

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BERLIN CRISIS

JUNE 4 –

NOVEMBER 9,

1961

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IRISH RESOLUTION

PASSED

DECEMBER 4, 1961

Irish Resolution culminated in the adoption of the NPT and Ireland was the first country to sign the NPT in 1968.

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DECISION TO DEPLOY

SOVIET MISSILES IN

CUBA

MAY 24, 1962

The decision was made on May 24

by Soviet Presidium. It was taken

unanimously.

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CUBAN MISSILE

CRISIS

OCTOBER 16 – 28, 1962

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During the Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba.

PARTIAL NUCLEAR

TEST BAN TREATY

SIGNED

AUGUST 5, 1963

The Test Ban Treaty of 1963 prohibits nuclear weapons tests "or any other nuclear explosion" in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water.

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CHINA’S FIRST

NUCLEAR TEST

OCTOBER 16, 1964

Operation was called “596”.

Originally named by the U.S.

intelligence agencies “Chic-1”.

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NONPROLIFERATION

DISCUSSIONS

1966

The US and the Soviet Union started

bilateral discussion of

nonproliferation related issues.

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UNSC RESOLUTION

225 ADOPTED

OCTOBER 14, 1966

Positive security assurances, i.e.,

protection against the use or threat

of use of nuclear weapons.

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NEGOTIATIONS ON THE

NONPROLIFERATION

TREATY

1966 - 1968

• Lyndon Johnson’s initiatives

• ‘Walk in the woods’

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GENEVA COMMITTEE

WAS ASSIGNED TO

ELABORATE DRAFT NPT

1967

In May 1968 Geneva Committee presented the draft of the Treaty to the UNGA.June 12, 1968 the draft was approved by the UNGA.

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OUTER SPACE

TREATY SIGNED

JANUARY 27, 1967

Treaty sought to prevent "a new form of colonial competition" and the possible damage that self-seeking exploitation might cause.

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TLATELOLCO TREATY

SIGNED

FEBRUARY 14, 1967

The Treaty envisaged creation of a

nuclear-weapon-free zone in Latin

America and the Caribbean.

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SOVIET TROOPS

ENTERED

CZECHOSLOVAKIA

AUGUST 20,

1968

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ISRAEL ACQUIRED

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

1960s

Israel did not test its nuclear weapons.

The exact number of nuclear warheads

is unknown.

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SEABED ARMS

CONTROL TREATY

SIGNED

FEBRUARY 11, 1971

The Treaty sought to prevent the introduction

of international conflict and nuclear weapons

on the ocean floor beyond 12-mile costal

zone.

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INDIA’S FIRST

NUCLEAR TEST

MAY 18, 1974

The operation was called “Smiling

Buddha”.

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NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS

GROUP FIRST MET IN

LONDON

NOVEMBER, 1975

It is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of two sets of Guidelines for nuclear exports.

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FIRST NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

MAY 5 – 30, 1975

The conference adopted a Final Declaration by consensus which set the precedent for future Review Conferences to produce documents that detail initiatives to further the application of the Treaty.

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HELSINKI FINAL

ACT

JULY 30 –

AUGUST 1, 1975

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DEPLOYMENT OF US

MISSILES IN EUROPE

NATO decided to deploy 572 new nuclear missiles in Western Europe: 108 Pershing II Missiles and 464 Ground Launched Cruise Missiles.

1979

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SOVIET TROOPS

ENTERED

AFGHANISTAN

DECEMBER 25,

1979

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NUCLEAR WEAPON

PROGRAMS OF

STATES OUTSIDE NPT

1970s

• Argentina• Brazil• Pakistan• South Africa

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SOUTH AFRICA

ACQUIRED NUCLEAR

WEAPONS

1970s

“Six and a half” bombs were created

during South African nuclear

program.

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SOVIET-US

COOPERATION

1970s

• Coordination on Argentinian nuclear. weapon program.

• South Africa’s nuclear testing prevented• SALT I, SALT II Treaties concluded.

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SECOND NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

AUGUST 11 –SEPTEMBER 7, 1980

The Second NPT Review Conference.

The Conference was unable to agree

on a Final Declaration.

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THE OSIRAK

BOMBING

JUNE 7, 1981

This attack carried out by Israel is called Operation Opera or Operation Babylon. The operation came after Iran's unsuccessful Operation Scorch Sword.

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ESCALATION OF THE

COLD WAR

1983

South Korean Boeing shot down by

the USSR in the Far East.

Risk of nuclear accidents increased.

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THIRD NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

AUGUST 27 –

SEPTEMBER 21, 1985

The Final Declaration was strongly supportive of the Treaty, although it was critical of its implementation in some areas, particularly those relating to the cessation of the nuclear-arms race and nuclear disarmament.

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TREATY OF RAROTONGA

SIGNED

SEPTEMBER 6, 1985

The Treaty of Rarotonga is the common name for the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, which formalized a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in the South Pacific.

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DPRK JOINED

THE NPT

DECEMBER 12, 1985

The Soviet Union was the one to

apply pressure on the DPRK for it to

join the NPT.

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REYKJAVIK

SUMMIT

OCTOBER 11 - 12, 1986

Reykjavik has become a symbol of sorts -an example that nuclear disarmament is within reach as long as political leaders have courage to make such a decision.

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INF TREATY

SIGNED

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear

Forces Treaty was signed in

Washington.

DECEMBER 8, 1988

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CLANDESTINE IRAQI

NUCLEAR WEAPON

PROGRAM

Iraq had a peaceful nuclear program based on research reactors provided by the USSR in the 1960s and France in the 1970s, and ran a clandestine program since early 1980s.

1980s

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SOUTH AFRICA

TERMINATED NW

PROGRAM

1989

Since abandoning its nuclear weapons program, South Africa has emerged as a champion of both global nuclear nonproliferation and equal access to peaceful nuclear energy.

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FORTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

AUGUST 20 –SEPTEMBER 7, 1990

The Conference was unable to

adopt a Final Declaration.

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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

REMOVAL FROM

SOVIET REPUBLICS

1991 - 1996

Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine

became non-nuclear-weapon-states.

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AUGUST 2, 1990 –

FEBRUARY 28, 1991

THE GULF WAR

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RUSSIAN-IRANIAN

AGREEMENT

1992

Russian Federation and IR of Iran agreed on construction of Bushernuclear power plant. The contract for building the NPP was signed in 1995.

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FRANCE JOINED THE

NPT

1992

CHINA JOINED THE

NPT

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AGREED FRAMEWORK

BETWEEN US AND DPRK

OCTOBER 21,1994

Graphite-moderated nuclear

reactors were to be replaced with

light water reactors.

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FIFTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

APRIL 17 – MAY 12, 1995

The NPT was indefinitely extended. ‘Principles and objectives on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament’, and a ‘Resolution on the Middle East’ was adopted without a vote.

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BANGKOK TREATY

SIGNED

DECEMBER 15, 1995

Nuclear weapons moratorium between Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Viet Nam.

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TREATY OF

PELINDABA SIGNED

APRIL 11, 1996

The African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone

(ANWFZ) or Treaty of Pelindaba covers

the entire African continent.

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FIRST SUMMIT ON

NUCLEAR SECURITY

APRIL 19 – 20, 1996

Summit was held in Moscow.

Program on Countering Illicit Trafficking

in Nuclear Materials adopted.

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INDIA & PAKISTAN’S

NUCLEAR TESTS

1998

• Operation Shakti (India)

• Chagai I, Chagai II (Pakistan)

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SIXTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

APRIL 24 – MAY 19, 2000

Conference adopted the Final Declaration,which reviewed the operation of the Treatyand recommended a number of practicalsteps, including 13 steps of nucleardisarmament, to be achieved in the future.

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THE SEPTEMBER

11 ATTACKS

SEPTEMBER 11,

2001

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US DECLARED AXIS

OF EVIL

JANUARY 29, 2002

• Iran

• Iraq

• North Korea

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US WITHDREW FROM

THE ABM TREATY

JUNE, 2002

“As the events of September 11 made clear, we no longer live in the Cold War world for which the ABM Treaty was designed.”

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LEADERS OF G8 MET

AT KANANASKIS

JUNE 26 – 27, 2002

Leaders agreed on the document on

Global Partnership Against Proliferation

of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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CUBA RATIFIED

TLATELOLCO TREATY

OCTOBER 23, 2002

Signature and ratification by all 33

nations of Latin America and the

Caribbean is completed.

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US INVASION IN IRAQ

MARCH 20 –MAY 1, 2003

The US invaded Iraq under the

pretext of fighting WMD proliferation.

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UNSC RESOLUTIONS

ON DPRK

• 1993 (reconsider withdrawal)

• 2006 (nuclear test)• 2009 (nuclear test,

Res. 1540)• 2013 (satellite launch)• 2016 (imposed

sanctions)

• 2006• 2009• 2013• 2016 (2)

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DPRK ANNOUNCED

ITS WITHDRAWAL

FROM THE NPT

JANUARY 10, 2003

“Even though we are withdrawing

from the Treaty, we do not seek to

produce nuclear weapons.”

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IRANIAN NUCLEAR

FACILITIES REVEALED

2003

• Natanz

• Arak

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LIBYAN IMITATION OF

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

PROGRAM REVEALED

2003

In 2003, Muammar Qadhafi renounced all of his regime's WMD programs, after more than three decades of extensive efforts to develop WMDs and their delivery systems.

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PROLIFERATION

SECURITY INITIATIVE

CREATED

MAY, 2003

Initiative to stop trafficking of weapons of mass destruction launched by George W. Bush. 105 countries have endorsed the PSI.

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US-INDIA 123

AGREEMENT

JULY 18, 2005

This agreement allowed for fuel for

India's civilian nuclear reactors, and

the reprocessing of spent fuel.

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SEVENTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

MAY 2 – 27, 2005

The Seventh NPT Review Conference

was held in New York. The Conference

failed to adopt a Final Declaration.

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CENTRAL ASIAN NWFZ

TREATY SIGNED

SEPTEMBER 8, 2005

This Treaty is a legally binding commitment by Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan not to manufacture, acquire, test, or possess nuclear weapons.

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UNSC RESOLUTIONS

ON IRANResolution 1696 –Council demanded that Iran halts its uranium enrichment program.Resolution 1737 –Imposed sanctions against Iran. It banned the supply of nuclear-related technology and materials.

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2006

NEW START TREATY

APRIL 8, 2010

Russia and the U.S. signed the Treatyon Measures for the Further Reductionand Limitation of Strategic OffensiveArms.

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EIGHTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

MAY 3 – 28, 2010

The Eighth Review Conference of theStates Parties to the NPT held in NewYork.64-point Action Plan.

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FAILURE TO CONVENE

CONFERENCE ON THE

ZONE FREE OF WMD

DECEMBER, 2012

On November 23, the United Statesissued a statement postponing theDecember 2012 conference on WMDfree zone in the Middle East.

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CRISIS OVER

UKRAINE

STARTED

2014

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JOINT COMPREHENSIVE

PLAN OF ACTION

REACHED

JULY 14, 2015

JCPOA was reached in Vienna

between Iran, the P5+1 and the

European Union.

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NINTH NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE

APRIL 27 – MAY 22, 2015

• The lack of new action plan till 2020

• The issue on convening the Conference on

WMD-free zone in the ME remained unsettled

• Disagreement on disarmament issues may lead

to attempts to sign document prohibiting NW

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