Book contents
- Disarming Apartheid
- Reviews
- Disarming Apartheid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Pretoria’s Nuclear Industry and Relations with the IAEA, 1950–1977
- 2 Towards Nuclear Weapons – Away from Safeguards
- 3 Nuclear Diplomacy
- 4 Towards the End of South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988–1989
- 5 South African Movement towards NPT Signature, 1990–1991
- 6 Post-NPT Accession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
2 - Towards Nuclear Weapons – Away from Safeguards
The NPT Position, 1977–1981
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2024
- Disarming Apartheid
- Reviews
- Disarming Apartheid
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Development of Pretoria’s Nuclear Industry and Relations with the IAEA, 1950–1977
- 2 Towards Nuclear Weapons – Away from Safeguards
- 3 Nuclear Diplomacy
- 4 Towards the End of South Africa’s Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 1988–1989
- 5 South African Movement towards NPT Signature, 1990–1991
- 6 Post-NPT Accession
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 2 closely examines developments in the South African government’s position on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) from the mid-1970s to 1981. It starts with an overview of the emerging South African defence sector and the government’s growing parallel interest in building a nuclear deterrent. In addition, it also deals with the relationship between Pretoria and Washington, particularly analysing the way in which the United States under President Carter pressured South Africa to accede to the NPT and the continued defiance of non-proliferation norms by the apartheid regime. In general, the South African government experienced more resistance from the United States following Jimmy Carter’s election as President.
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- Disarming ApartheidThe End of South Africa's Nuclear Weapons Programme and Accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 1968–1991, pp. 40 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024