Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 05/2010

Nuclear Weapons after the 2010 NPT Review Conference

Ian Anthony, Camille Grand, Łukasz Kulesa, Christian Mölling, Mark Smith

April 2010

European Union Institute for Security Studies

Abstract

The eighth review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will be held in New York between 3 and 28 May 2010. The present Chaillot Paper continues a tradition of reflecting on issues affecting the NPT in the run-up to a review conference. As the 2010 Review Conference takes place amid rising proliferation concerns and a fresh focus on the global elimination of nuclear weapons, it examines closely the interface between the obligations in Articles IV (non-proliferation) and VI (disarmament).