Bio
Cesar Jaramillo is a Program Officer at Project Ploughshares working on the Space Security and Nuclear Disarmament programs. He manages the Space Security Index (SSI), an international research consortium focused on research and analysis of space security trends, and is managing editor of the SSI's annual report. Cesar also leads the implementation of Ploughshares' nuclear disarmament initiatives. He graduated from the University of Waterloo with an MA in global governance and has bachelor's degrees in honours political science and in journalism. Prior to joining Project Ploughshares, Cesar held a fellowship at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), an international think-tank that addresses international governance challenges.
Synopsis
Historical account of the NPT, the three 'pillars' of the NPT, anomalies and criticisms of the Treaty, NPT holdouts, the disarmament/non-proliferation nexus, nuclear trade with non-NPT states parties, Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine, Nuclear 'umbrellas'
Reading
• Jonathan Schell, The Seventh Decade (New York: Henry Holt, 2007).
• Commander Robert Green. Security Without Nuclear Deterrence. Astron Media, New Zealand, 2010.
• Olli Heinonen: Reporting from the front lines of nuclear proliferation. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar 2011, Vol. 67 Issue 2, p1-99p, 1 Color Photograph; DOI: 10.1177/0096340211399721
• "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons." Wikipedia. [ Ссылка ]
This lecture is part of the series Confronting a Nuclear Age which is co-sponsored by University College Health Studies Programme, Canadian Pugwash Group, Science for Peace and Voice of Women for Peace.
