2019 International Conference in Tokyo
The international conference on "The Neutrals and the Bomb: Neutral and Nonaligned States and Non-Proliferation" held on 14-15 December 2019 in Tokyo. You can find the details about panels and the papers presented down below. The presentations that are available can be downloaded by clicking on the titles.
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Keynote Speech |
Mervyn O'Driscoll |
Frank Aiken, the Irish, and the NPT |
Panel 1 |
Neutrality, Nonalignment, and Non-proliferation |
Chair |
Yoko Iwama |
Discussant |
Chihaya Kokubo |
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Speakers |
Jonathan Hunt |
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Pascal Lottaz |
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Leyatt Betre |
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Herbert Reginbogin |
European Neutrals and Nuclear Non-Proliferation |
Panel 2 |
European Neutrals and Non-Proliferation I |
Chair |
Akira Kurosaki |
Discussant |
Shingo Yoshida |
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Speakers |
John Noble (Online Participation) |
Casaroli and the Kremlin: Contextualizing the Holy See's Accession to the NPT |
Yuji Suzuki |
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Ken Shimizu |
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Thomas Jonter |
Panel 3 |
European Neutrals and Non-Proliferation II |
Chair |
Pascal Lottaz |
Discussant |
Hiromu Arakaki |
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Speakers |
Benno Zogg, (co-ed w. Andreas Wenger) |
Switzerland and the Bomb |
Heinz Gaertner |
Austria, the Neutrals, and the way from the NPT to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |
Marko Miljković |
Panel 4 |
Africa, NAM, and Non-proliferation |
Chair |
Shinsuke Tomotsugu |
Discussant |
Mervyn O'Driscoll |
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Speakers |
Anna-Mart van Wyk |
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Robin Moeser |
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Hassan Elbahtimy |
Egypt, NAM, and the NPT |
Panel 5 |
South Asia, NAM, and Non-proliferation |
Chair&Discussant |
Masakatsu Ota |
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Speakers |
Nidhi Parasad |
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Joshi Yogesh |
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Kanica Rakhra (Online Participation) |
Panel 6 |
NAM-Observers, NAM-Outsiders, and Non-proliferation |
Chair&Discussant |
Tsuyoshi Goroku |
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Speakers |
Carlo Patti |
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Andrey Edemskiy |
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Mariana Budjeryn |
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Exequiel Lacovsky |
Panel 7 |
East Asia and Non-proliferation |
Chair&Discussant |
Pascal Lottaz |
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Speakers |
Xin Zhan |
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Yoko Iwama |
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Yu Takeda |
About the Conference
One of the gravest issues facing the international community today remains the problem of how to live with the most destructive weapon mankind has ever invented. With recent advancements in technology, and some of the Cold War arms control agreements crumbling—like the INF treaty—we could be at the threshold of a new nuclear age. It is therefore even more important to understand one of the central agreements of the nuclear order we currently live in. The regulation of nuclear technology through the “Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons” (NPT) was a landmark agreement during the Cold War, which has shown unexpected longevity. With a total of 191 signatory states, and remarkable success in halting the spread of the deadliest weapon systems known to humanity, the NPT was—and still is—one of the most essential features of the global security architecture.
Academic research on the origins, the development, and the status of Nuclear and Non-Proliferation-related movements has often focused on the roles of the Great Powers on both sides of the iron curtain, whose signatures became the centerpiece for the success of the NPT-regime. What has repeatedly been overlooked is the role of other states that were also influenced by nuclear questions but tried to distance themselves from the block mentality. Neutral and Nonaligned countries (“N+N States”) are usually not included in the systematic analysis of Global Nuclear History. Despite, for example, that the UN-initiative for the NPT came from Ireland, that the treaty was mostly negotiated in Switzerland, and that the first signatory was Finland, the N+N states have never received much attention neither for their role in the treaty process nor in the developments after that.
In collaboration with the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo) and Waseda University (Tokyo) we called upon researchers from all disciplines to participate in a two-day venue in Tokyo, Japan. The conference brought together insights about the Nuclear Histories of the N+N states in general, and their engagement with the NPT in particular, since the 1950s until today.
One of the gravest issues facing the international community today remains the problem of how to live with the most destructive weapon mankind has ever invented. With recent advancements in technology, and some of the Cold War arms control agreements crumbling—like the INF treaty—we could be at the threshold of a new nuclear age. It is therefore even more important to understand one of the central agreements of the nuclear order we currently live in. The regulation of nuclear technology through the “Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons” (NPT) was a landmark agreement during the Cold War, which has shown unexpected longevity. With a total of 191 signatory states, and remarkable success in halting the spread of the deadliest weapon systems known to humanity, the NPT was—and still is—one of the most essential features of the global security architecture.
Academic research on the origins, the development, and the status of Nuclear and Non-Proliferation-related movements has often focused on the roles of the Great Powers on both sides of the iron curtain, whose signatures became the centerpiece for the success of the NPT-regime. What has repeatedly been overlooked is the role of other states that were also influenced by nuclear questions but tried to distance themselves from the block mentality. Neutral and Nonaligned countries (“N+N States”) are usually not included in the systematic analysis of Global Nuclear History. Despite, for example, that the UN-initiative for the NPT came from Ireland, that the treaty was mostly negotiated in Switzerland, and that the first signatory was Finland, the N+N states have never received much attention neither for their role in the treaty process nor in the developments after that.
In collaboration with the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Tokyo) and Waseda University (Tokyo) we called upon researchers from all disciplines to participate in a two-day venue in Tokyo, Japan. The conference brought together insights about the Nuclear Histories of the N+N states in general, and their engagement with the NPT in particular, since the 1950s until today.
Organizing Committee
Co-Director: Dr. Pascal Lottaz, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies, Tokyo
Co-Director: Dr. Yoko Iwama, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Secretary: Oktay Kurtulus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Associate: Dr. Herbert R. Reginbogin, Fellow at Catholic University of America
Co-Director: Dr. Pascal Lottaz, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies, Tokyo
Co-Director: Dr. Yoko Iwama, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Secretary: Oktay Kurtulus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo
Associate: Dr. Herbert R. Reginbogin, Fellow at Catholic University of America
All inquiries should be directed to: conference@nptresearch.org
Supported by
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo
Waseda University, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS), Tokyo
Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington DC — Permanent Neutrality Working Group
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo
Waseda University, Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies (WIAS), Tokyo
Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington DC — Permanent Neutrality Working Group
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