Comprehensive coverage featuring articles and documents related to the NPT Review Conference.

Updated: Jun 10, 2008

General Resources

2008

• The 2008 NPT Briefing Book. Published by the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the NPT Briefing Book is the foremost resource on the NPT and related issues.
  Created: June 10, 2008
• Preparing for 2010: Striking a Balance between Nuclear Disarmament & Nuclear Nonproliferation, report on the CNS NPT Workshop, March 7-8, 2008, Annecy, France.
  Created: April 15, 2008

2007

• Report on the CNS Roundtable Conference "Preparing for 2010: Where are we and where do we want to go?" held in New York on 27 October 2007.
• Report on the 2007 NPT Workshop "Preparing for 2010: Getting the Process Right" held in Annecy, France on 16 and 17 March 2007. This report contains a summary of the 2007 CNS NPT workshop held in preparations for Preparatory Committee meeting. It also includes selected papers presented and circulated by the panelists at the workshop.
• The 2007 NPT Briefing Book. Published by the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies with the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, the NPT Briefing Book is the foremost resource on the NPT and related issues.
• Inventory of International Nonproliferation Organizations & Regimes. The Inventory covers all actual and potential international organizations, treaties, and agreements relevant to WMD disarmament and nonproliferation. It includes an overview of the NPT and developments at past Preparatory Committee meetings and Review Conferences, as well as the NPT text, and a list of State parties. It also includes an extensive section on the International Atomic Energy Agency and safeguards.

2006

• A Ban on Fissile Material as an Objective of the NPT. Paper by Jean du Preez, presented at a 2006 UNIDIR/EU meeting on the FMCT.
• Thinking the Unthinkable? What If the NPT Collapses, Or is Eroded Away to Irrelevance? Paper by Jean du Preez, at the 2006 Wilton Park conference.
• Visions of Fission: The Demise of Nuclear Negative Security Assurances Paper by Jean du Preez at the Article VI Forum on September 28, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada.
• A Fissban With Or Without Existing Stocks: To Be Or Not To Be? Paper presented by Jean du Preez at the Article VI Forum on September 28, 2006, in Ottawa, Canada.
• Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group. Conceived as a small body of experienced practitioners and analysts, the Strategy Group aims to identify the basis for forging consensus or near-consensus on creative but realistic approaches that address pressing nuclear proliferation challenges. The Group met in April and November 2006 and considered challenges and potential common ground on issues related to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and issue related to verification and compliance.

2005

• "The NPT Review Conference: 188 States in Search of Consensus," in The International Spectator 3/2005, pp. 19-31.
• Keeping the NPT Together: A Thankless Job in a Climate of Mistrust. An interview by Jean du Preez with Ambassador Sergio Duarte
• The 2005 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: Mission Impossible? By John Simpson and Jenny Nielsen, Nonproliferation Review, Summer 2005
• Previewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Conference. Testimony by Jean du Preez to the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, House Committee on International Relations, April 28, 2005. Testimony based on article published in Arms Control Today.
• "The Fissban: Time for Renewed Commitment or a New Approach", by Jean du Preez, Disarmament Diplomacy Issue No. 79, April/May 2005
• "Visions of Fission: The Demise of Nuclear Negative Security Assurances On The Bush Administration's Pentomic Battlefield", by Charles Blair and Jean du Preez, Spring 2005 issue of the Nonproliferation Review
• "The 2005 NPT Review Conference: Can It Meet the Nuclear Challenge?", by Jean du Preez, Arms Control Today, April 2005
• ""The 2005 Review Conference: Finding Common Ground" Report on the CNS/MCIS NPT Workshop, March 18-19, 2005, Annecy, France.
• "The Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT):Time for a new approach or renewed commitment?", paper presented at the Tokyo Seminar on the NPT Towards the 2005 Review Conference, 7 & 8 February 2005

2004

• "Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Still a Useful Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Tool?" by Scott Parrish and Jean du Preez, paper commissioned by the International Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
• "The Future of a Treaty Banning Fissile Material for Weapons Purposes: Is It Still Relevant?", by Jean du Preez, paper commissioned by the International Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission
• "The 2005 Review Conference: Understanding the Challenges and Devising Responses: Workshop on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty", Rapporteur's Report by Jean du Preez
• "The 2005 NPT Review Conference: Challenges and Prospects Ahead", report by Jean du Preez
• "The Roadmap to 2005", A report on the CNS-sponsored workshop to identify issues for the 2004 NPT PrepCom.

2003

• "Interview with Lszl Molnr: The Second NPT Preparatory Committee: Issues, Results, Implications for the 2005 Review Conference" Nonproliferation Review, Spring 2004
• "2003 NPT Preparatory Committee: Progress towards 2005 or business as usual?" a report by Jean du Preez.
• "Security Assurances and NWFZs: Is Progress Possible?" Paper presented by Jean du Preez at the 2003 Annecy workshop on the NPT: Challenges Facing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime, March 14-15, 2003 (hard copy available).
• "The Impact of the Nuclear Posture Review on the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime" by Jean du Preez, The Nonproliferation Review (Fall/Winter 2002)
• "North Korea's Withdrawal From the NPT: A Reality Check" by Jean du Preez and William Potter, a CNS Research Story of the Week, April 9, 2003.
• "Security Assurances Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is Progress Possible at the NPT PrepCom?" a report By Jean du Preez
• "Cuba's Accession to the NPT: A Step toward Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime" a report by Jean du Preez
• 2003 NPT Preparatory Committee: "Business as Usual?," a CNS Research Story of the Week by Jean du Preez and Emily Schroeder, May 7, 2003.
• "The NPT and Its 2003 PrepCom Session: A Regime in Need of Intensive Care," by Tanya Ogilvie-White and John Simpson, Nonproliferation Review, Spring 2003.
• "North Korea's Withdrawal From the NPT: A Reality Check," a CNS Research Story of the Week by Jean du Preez and William Potter, April 9, 2003.
• Security Assurances Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons: Is Progress Possible at the NPT PrepCom? A paper by Jean du Preez

2002

• ""The Impact of the Nuclear Posture Review on the International Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," by Jean du Preez, The Nonproliferation Review 9 (Fall-Winter 2002)
• ""Cuba's Accession to the NPT: A Step Toward Strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," CNS Research Story of the Week by Jean du Preez, September 2002
• Towards NPT 2005: An Action Plan for the "13-Steps" Towards Nuclear Disarmament Agreed at NPT 2000 by Tariq Rauf,
• Ambassador Abdallah Baali on the 2000 NPT Review Conference, Interview conducted by Tariq Rauf, The Nonproliferation Review VII/3 (Fall-Winter 2000)
• An Unequivocal Success? Implications of the NPT Review Conference, by Tariq Rauf, Arms Control Today, July/August 2000