Spoke at the IDSA, New Delhi on April 2, 2014 on "Verifying a Nuclear Weapons Free World"
I spoke at the
conference on the topic “Verifying a Nuclear Weapons Free World:
Political and Technical Components.”
About the Conference
I spoke at the
conference on the topic “Verifying a Nuclear Weapons Free World:
Political and Technical Components.” About the Conference
The
conference was organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and
Analyses (IDSA) and the Indian Pugwash Society, on April 2-3, 2014.
For the agenda of the conference click here
Abstract of the Talk
A world
free of nuclear weapons would be a desirable end-objective. However,
there are apprehensions that even if all nuclear weapons are eliminated,
such an achievement would be short lived. This presentation seeks to
outline the components (political and technical) of such a verification
regime which could possibly help in preventing (re)acquisition of
nuclear weapons capability. By increasing confidence levels among state
parties about compliance by all, verification would in essence sustain a
nuclear weapons free world once such a situation is realised.