The Non-Aligned Movement and Nuclear Disarmament: Stance and Actions
جنبش عدم تعهد و خلع سلاح هسته ای: موضع سیاسی و رفتار
حسین شریفی تارازکوهی، ایمان خسروی
The emergence of nuclear weapons as a new actor in international
relations has introduced a new area in the international security arena.
Since the appearance of these weapons, there have been increasing
efforts to limit and destroy them in order to achieve global peace in
the framework of disarmament and centered around the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Along with the emergence of the
non-proliferation system and the current trend, achieving nuclear
disarmament has turned into an international demand, especially for the
Non-Aligned Movement member states. The present study seeks to analyze
the influence of the Non-Aligned Movement on disarmament in the
framework of the mentioned Treaty. To this end, and based on the
Neoliberal Institutionalism theory, this article studies the Non-Aligned
Movement’s stance toward nuclear disarmament in the framework of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Review
Conferences of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons. The study is written according to the
descriptive-analytical method. The findings suggest that despite its
inefficient influence prior to the 1995 Review and Extension Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons, the Non-Aligned Movement, as a major actor in international
peace and security, has gained an influential position in the
negotiations about the formation of the trends related to nuclear
disarmament in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Full Text Article