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Policy brief | 3 September 2013

Pathways and Purposes for P-5 Nuclear Dialogue

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Dr Nick Ritchie |Lecturer in International Security at the Department of Politics, University of York

Deterrence NPT Nuclear Arms Control Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Weapons Security Global Security
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In the ELN Policy Brief ‘Pathways and Purposes for P-5 Nuclear Dialogue‘, Nick Ritchie outlines the P-5 dialogue on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation since its start in 2009. For the P-5 process to succeed over time, concrete achievements will be necessary to provide a compelling narrative for domestic audience and to disperse the mistrust of the P-5 by non-nuclear weapon states.

Richie thereby identifies three interrelated future pathways for this embryonic process and relates them to the concept of ‘minimum deterrence’:

  • Strategic Dialogue
  • Multilateralising START
  • NPT Action Plan in Full

 

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