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Comment: NPT safeguards and Non-Nuclear Weapon States.

  • UPSC 1993
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Nuclear Question

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Safeguards are the measures by which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) checks that nuclear material declared for peaceful use is not diverted to weapons. Under Article III of the NPT they are compulsory for every non-nuclear-weapon state (NNWS) party, which makes them the treaty's verification arm. They build confidence, but they are asymmetric, and…

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  • What Article III requires
  • The grievances of non-nuclear states
  • The limits exposed by 1993
  • Why non-nuclear states still need safeguards
  • The current record
  • Conclusion
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