Neutral Europe and the creation of the nonproliferation regime: 1958-1968

"Lottaz, Iwama, and their contributors investigate the role of neutral and nonaligned European states during the negotiations for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Focusing on the years from the Irish Resolution of 1958 until the treaty's opening for signatures ten years later, the nine chapters written by area experts highlight the processes and reasons for the political and diplomatic actions the neutrals took, and how those impacted the multilateral treaty negotiations. The book reveals new aspects of the dynamics that lead to this most consequential multilateral breakthrough of the Cold War. In part one, three chapters analyze the international system from a bird's eye perspective, discussing neutrality, nonalignment, and the nuclear order. The second part features six detailed case studies on the politics and diplomacy of Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Overall, this study suggests that despite the volatile and dangerous nature of the early Cold War, the balance of the strategic environment enabled actors that were not part of one or the other alliance system to play a role in the interlocking global politics that finally created the nuclear regime that defines international relations until today. A valuable resource for scholars of nonproliferation, the cold war, neutrality, nonalignment, and area studies"--

Cover -- Frontispiece -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Nonproliferation Matters -- This Book -- The Chapters -- The Findings -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Part I: The Global View -- Chapter 2: Neutrality, Neutralism, and Nonalignment in the Early Cold War -- Introduction -- Post-War Neutrality: Unwanted and Reframed -- US Attitudes Toward Neutrals and Neutralism -- Soviet Attitudes Toward Neutrals and Neutralism -- The Cold War Neutrals and the Dictates of Necessity -- The Return of Neutral Principles to World Politics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The Making of the "1968 Global Nuclear Order" -- Concepts of the Global Nuclear Order -- Hierarchical Nature of the Global Nuclear Order -- The Superpower Relationship as the Defining Factor of Global Nuclear Order -- Enhancement of Extended Deterrence: Change of Perception and Strategy on the Side of European Neutrals -- Establishment of the Tier-Two Group -- Tier-Three Powers Settle on Extended Deterrence -- Maturing of the Global Nuclear Order 1975-95 -- Toward a Slow Demise or Adaptation? -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Neutral and Nonaligned Nations in the Making of the Postcolonial Nuclear Order -- Introduction -- The Irish Resolution -- The China Syndrome -- The ENDC -- Conclusion: Neutralizing the Bomb -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Part II: Country Studies -- Chapter 5: Ireland: Frank Aiken's Early Steps to Contain Nuclear Proliferation -- Introduction -- The Origins and Development of Irish Neutrality -- Aiken's General Approach -- Aiken and the Birth of Nonproliferation -- US Opposition, the Retreat and Post-Mortems -- Opportunities, 1958-59 -- Overcoming the Main Objections -- US Objections.

"Lottaz, Iwama, and their contributors investigate the role of neutral and nonaligned European states during the negotiations for the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Focusing on the years from the Irish Resolution of 1958 until the treaty's opening for signatures ten years later, the nine chapters written by area experts highlight the processes and reasons for the political and diplomatic actions the neutrals took, and how those impacted the multilateral treaty negotiations. The book reveals new aspects of the dynamics that lead to this most consequential multilateral breakthrough of the Cold War. In part one, three chapters analyze the international system from a bird's eye perspective, discussing neutrality, nonalignment, and the nuclear order. The second part features six detailed case studies on the politics and diplomacy of Ireland, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Overall, this study suggests that despite the volatile and dangerous nature of the early Cold War, the balance of the strategic environment enabled actors that were not part of one or the other alliance system to play a role in the interlocking global politics that finally created the nuclear regime that defines international relations until today. A valuable resource for scholars of nonproliferation, the cold war, neutrality, nonalignment, and area studies"--