No. 127: The Nuclear Suppliers Group at the Crossroads

Author(s): Oliver Thränert, Matthias Bieri
Editor(s): Daniel Trachsler
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 127
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), of which Switzerland is a member, aims to prevent exports of goods that can be misused for building nuclear weapons. In view of the proliferation of peaceful nuclear programmes and the desire of nuclear-armed India to join the organisation, the identity of the NSG is currently under discussion. The admission of India would signal a transformation of the NSG from a group dedicated to strengthening the nuclear non-proliferation norm into an association of states capable of nuclear exports.

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