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+tags:
+  - Concept
+  - Treaty
+  - Nuclear
+category: "Diplomacy"
+summary: "The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of..."
+date: 1968
+---
+The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament. [[Iraq]] was a party to the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and its nuclear reactor at [[Osirak bombing]] was inspected by the [[International Atomic Energy Agency|IAEA]] in January 1981 under the provisions of this treaty.[^1]
+
+### Footnotes
+
+[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 1.

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+---
+tags:
+  - Concept
+  - Treaty
+  - Nuclear
+category: "Diplomacy"
+summary: "The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty refers to international agreements aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons tests. By December 1960, Dwight D."
+date: 1963-08-05
+location: Moscow, Soviet Union
+---
+The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty refers to international agreements aimed at prohibiting nuclear weapons tests. By December 1960, [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]] had made steady progress in drafting a comprehensive treaty banning all nuclear tests, and such testing was suspended by both nations until September 1961. This success led to an overall heightened sensitivity about nuclear proliferation.[^1]
+
+### Footnotes
+
+[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 6.