strategy
Providing security assurances for non-nuclear weapon states
Synonyms:
Providing security arrangements for countries without nuclear weaponsReducing insecurity
Providing security for non-nuclear weapon states
Context:
There is an increasingly urgent need to assure non-nuclear member states effective international security arrangements against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
Implementation:
It was reported in 1994, that the UN is searching for a common approach or common formula to provide assurance to non-nuclear weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
In the 1960s, the spread of nuclear weapons was largely checked by U.S. security guarantees, notably to its NATO allies: the famous "nuclear umbrella". The U.S. has already given defense guarantees to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and as soon as it has them, it will deploy theater missile defenses to protect its troops stationed in Japan and South Korea. Those defenses will also cover the host nations' territories.
Broader:
ProvidingConservingProtecting against vulnerabilityNegotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons Narrower:
Banning nuclear testingProviding security for nuclear weapon statesPreventing movement of weapons-usable nuclear materials to non-nuclear states Constrains:
Proliferating strategic nuclear arms Facilitated by:
Satisfying needsStockpiling nuclear materialEstablishing nuclear-free zoneProtecting nuclear power plantsControlling availability of armsPreventing an arms race in outer spaceContinuing role of the USA for global stabilityProviding legal framework for use of nuclear power Problems:
Failure of disarmament and arms control effortsInsecurity and vulnerability of non-nuclear weapon states
Subjects:
Commerce → Assurance, reinsuranceDefence → Arms
Government → Nation state
Law → Agreements
Societal Problems → Protection
Societal Problems → Vulnerability
Type Classification:
C: Cross-sectoral strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
