Nonproliferation Review • 26.1/2

Volume 26 • Numbers 1/2

FROM THE EDITORS

Joshua H. Pollack & Rhianna Tyson Kreger


CONTRIBUTORS

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ARTICLES

The stability of the nuclear nonproliferation norm: a critique of norm-contestation theory
Mario Carranza


Birth of a norm champion: how South Africa came to support the NPT’s indefinite extension
Michal Onderco and Anna-Mart van Wyk


Dynamic institutionalization: the foundations of Japan’s radioactive problem
Nick Kodama


Reactor-grade plutonium and nuclear weapons: ending the debate
Gregory Jones


Combating nuclear smuggling? Exploring drivers and challenges to detecting nuclear and radiological materials within the maritime environment
Robert Downes, Christopher Hobbs, and Daniel Salisbury


Avoiding self-inflicted wounds to the credibility of the US nuclear deterrent
Dallas Boyd


VIEWPOINTS

The rise and fall of counterproliferation policy
Albert J. Mauroni


A nuclear-armed North Korea without ICBMs: the best achievable objective
Hongyu Zhang and Kevin Wang


Between a rock and a hard place: Europe in a post-INF world
Ulrich Kühn


BOOK REVIEWS

Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence, by Wendy R. Sherman
Reviewed by Kelsey Davenport


The Blind Eye: U.S. Non-Proliferation Policy Towards Pakistan from Ford to Clinton, by Rabia Akhtar
Reviewed by Sumit Ganguly


Verifying Nuclear Disarmament, by Thomas E. Shea
Reviewed by Moritz Kütt


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