{"id":1588,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-npt-has-failed-to-achieve-upsc-psir-2017-4802\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:25:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:55:39","slug":"the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-npt-has-failed-to-achieve-upsc-psir-2017-4802","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-npt-has-failed-to-achieve-upsc-psir-2017-4802\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has failed to achieve the ultimate objective of Global Nuclear Disarmament. Discuss the deficiency in provision of NPT."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> NPT\u2019s twin aim: non-proliferation + disarmament <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> arsenals never fell <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> fault sits in the provisions<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> treaty designed to freeze proliferation, not remove arsenals <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> disarmament unmet by design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>unequal bargain <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> NWS (pre-1967) vs NNWS split <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> have-nots forgo weapons + accept IAEA safeguards; NWS only pledge \u201cgradual disarmament\u201d (Article VI) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Article VI = \u201cgood faith,\u201d no timeframe \/ target \/ penalty, no duty to destroy <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Jaswant Singh<\/b> \u201cnuclear apartheid\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> blocks new entrants but permits vertical proliferation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> SIPRI: all nine modernising, several expanding, fresh arms race <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> enforcement thin (North Korea\u2019s withdrawal + 2006 test) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1995 indefinite extension entrenched the format <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2022 RevCon collapsed, second in a row, over unmet disarmament <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> non-nuclear states push TPNW into force (2021), no-confidence in Article VI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>NPT did curb horizontal proliferation, near-universal (191 parties) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> deficiency lies in the disarmament pillar, not the whole treaty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> fails by design: asks the strong to disarm with no deadline or sanction<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> remedy: a universal, verifiable framework with a fixed timeframe (Nuclear Weapons Convention)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[87],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1588","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-india-and-the-nuclear-question","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5000,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1588\/revisions\/5000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1588"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}