This book is concerned with the possible acquisition of nuclear weapons by states not in possession of them and the international concern caused by this.

Part I. Non-Proliferation in the Late 1980s John Simpson: 1. The legacy of the 1985 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: the president's reflections Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker; 2. The threshold countries and the future of the nuclear non-proliferation regime Jozef Goldblat and Peter Lomas; Part II. The World in 1995 John Simpson: 3. The international system in the 1990s Ian Smart; 4. Third World perspectives on security and nuclear non-proliferation: an Indian view Aswini K. Ray; 5. Nuclear trade relations in the decade to 1995 William Walker; 6. New technologies and the nuclear non-proliferation regime Dennis Fakley and Ronald Mason; 7. Strategic arsenals, arms control and nuclear disarmament in the 1990s Steve Smith; Part III. Options for Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Regime in the 1990s John Simpson: 8. Non-proliferation in 1995, or plus ça change Lewis A. Dunn; 9. Smoothing the path to 1995: amending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and enhancing the regime Harald Muller; 10. Enhancing internal restraints on nuclear proliferation Philip Gummett; Part IV. Extending the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime Beyond 1995: Issues and Propsects John Simpson: 11. The 1995 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Extension Conference: issues and prospects David Fischer; 12. A world without the NPT? Joseph Pilat; 13. Safeguards and technical constraints in the 1990s Charles N. van Doren; 14. Nuclear non-proliferation in the 1990s: an agenda of issues and policy choices John Simpson; Appendices; Index.