THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY Exam

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The NPT

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1. When negotiations on the NPT first began, which of the following was considered a strategic nuclear threat?

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2. The Irish Resolution put forth by Frank Aiken outlined the concepts that were later incorporated into the NPT as:

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3. The theory that smaller nations could protect themselves from larger nuclear powers by acquiring a small nuclear arsenal of their own is known as:

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4. Under the NPT, nonweapons states have an “inalienable right” to

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5. The way in which we now view Article V of the NPT demonstrates that:

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6. The most restrictive interpretation of Article IV’s “inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes” is subject to the NPT restriction that:

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7. The least restrictive interpretation of Article IV’s “inalienable right to develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes” that:

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8. Frank Aiken justified his original formulation in 1958 and 1959 for the Irish Resolution for reasons that included:

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9. What nuclear activities did Foreign Minister Frank Aiken consider to be potentially perilously close to bomb-making?

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10. After 1961 and the Swedish Resolution, what was considered to be the primary nuclear weapons worry?

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11. The premises of the Swedish Resolution differed from those of the Irish Resolution by implicitly assuming that:

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12. The three pillars view of the NPT:

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