Das atomare Nichtverbreitungsregime, vertikale Proliferation und die Interessen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland : Studie im Rahmen eines Forschungsprojektes
h is a widespread assumption thai vertical and horizontal proliferation are interconnected in a clear-cut manner: The nuclear armament policy of the five (known) nuclear-weaponstates leads to a weakening of the non-proliferation regime, while nuclear disarmament and enchroachments in the nuclear strategy, ultimately the abolishment of all atomic weapons, would lead to its strengthening. These assumptions (although disputed in the scientific literature) have found their way in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), to whose regulations the Federal Republic of Germany has submitted and will submit in the future too. The disarmament orientation of the NPT, which stands beside the central aim of avoiding horizontal proliferation, raises a question: Does a compatibility exist between the nonproliferation policy of the Federal Republic and its security policy, which has its basic pillar in the nuclear deterrence strategy? Critics of this deterrence policy therefore, hinting to thedisarmament determination of the NPT, demand that the Federal Republic should exercise its influence for the conclusion of a "Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty" (CTBT), the establishment of a "Nuclear-Weapons-Free-Zones" (NWFZ) in Europe, a "No First Use"-Treaty (NFU) and finally the abolishment of all atomic weapons ("Zero Solution"}. According to them such disarmament "remedies" can reestablish or assure the waning or, damaged international consensus for horizontal non-proliferation. This would be a contribution for the establishment of a stable world order and will smooth the way for a prolongation of the NPT in the year 1995.An analysis of the history and the structure of interests shows that the policy of the Federal Republic of Germany is deeply rooted in the NPT and that a prolongation of the treaty and its own membership is a substantial object of the foreign and security policy. Consequently the Federal Republic has to face the demands for an intensification of "anti-nuclear measures" and has to examine their acceptability and their ...