17.41 s18 lecture 22: wmd proliferation...asphyxiants: chlorine gas blistering agents: mustard gas...
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WMD
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PEER DISCUSSION
• Does it really make sense to talk about WMD?
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NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
• In order to understand nuclear proliferation, you must understand the nature of nuclear technology and the ways we try to control it.
Nuclear Energy Nuclear Weapons NPT and systems of control
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CASE STUDY: IRAN AND JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
• After years of negotiations, in 2015 US, UK, Russia, China, France, EU (P5+1) and Iran signed the JPCOA.
• Iran:
• limits centrifuges and phases out a specific type
• limits uranium enrichment (no accumulation above 3.67%, and only 300 kg or less)
• redesign and rebuild a heavy water reaction at Arak, transition to light water reactors
• Accedes to NPT Additional Protocol and IAEA monitoring 5
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CASE STUDY: IRAN AND JOINT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF ACTION
• P5+1
• Lift all UNSC, multilateral and national nuclear-related sanctions
• Dispute resolution
• If Iran or P5+1 think the other side is not in compliance, complaint is referred to Joint Commission
• If Joint Commission fails to resolve after 15 days, complaint referred to Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which can consider for 15 days. Possibility of a non-binding opinion from Advisory Board.
• If still no resolution, the UNSC must vote on a resolution to continue the lifting of sanctions. If any P5 member vetos, sanctions ‘snap back’
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CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• Multiple classes of weapons
Asphyxiants: Chlorine gas
Blistering agents: Mustard gas
Blood agents: Cyanide
Nerve agents: Sarin, VX
Riot control: Tear gas (CS)
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CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• Area effect
• Difficult to weaponize for non-state actors (Aum Shinryko tried)
• Not legal under Chemical Weapons Convention (1993/1997)
• Monitoring and non-proliferation managed by Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
• Dual use is still a problem!
• Syria and the red line?
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CWC
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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
• Ancient: flinging bodies of plague victims over walls
• Types
• Bacterial agents: Anthrax
• Viral: Smallpox, hemorrhagic fevers
• Toxins: Ricin, Botulinum
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BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
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Not area effect: potential to boomerang
Not legal under Biological Weapons Convention (1972/1975)
Problem: How to enforce?
• Soviets signed BWC, then cheated (Biopreparat)
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BWC
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