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Nuclear Risk Reduction: Engaging the non-NPT Nuclear-Armed States

In the fifth installment of the Nuclear Risk Reduction policy brief series, Wilfred Wan explores the ways in which all States have a role to play in the risk reduction conversation, including the nuclear-armed States outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). He highlights in particular the need to address underlying regional security dilemmas that drive the possibility of escalation involving nuclear-armed States.

This policy brief draws from and builds upon ideas from UNIDIR's April 2020 multi-author volume, "Nuclear Risk Reduction: Closing Pathways to Use”.

Wan, Wilfred (2021). Nuclear Risk Reduction: Engaging non-NPT Nuclear Armed States (Nuclear Risk Reduction Policy Brief No. 5). Geneva, Switzerland: UNIDIR. https://doi.org/10.37559/WMD/21/NRR/01