Introduction -- NAM origins, structure, policymaking and politics -- NAM, nuclear non-proliferation and the 2010 NPT Review Conference -- Peaceful uses and beyond : NAM in Vienna -- Looking to the future -- Conclusion
The view that the 2015 NPT Review Conference failed because of American, British and Canadian obstructionism is misleading, and sometimes disingenuous. (Survival / SWP)
The second session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference (RevCon) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) highlighted two issues in particular-progress toward a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone and the Joint Statement on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons-that may not only greatly affect the health and vitality of the NPT and the 2015 RevCon, but possibly also have implications for the international nonproliferation regime as a whole. Dr. William Potter, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, interviewed Ambassador Cornel Feruta, chairman of the 2013 PrepCom, to discuss these and other issues related to the meeting and the future of the treaty and its review process. Adapted from the source document.