The Aiken factor: Ireland and the invention of nuclear non-proliferation

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dc.contributor.authorO'Driscoll, Mervynen
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-27T11:38:05Z
dc.date.available2025-05-27T11:38:05Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-24en
dc.description.abstractFor many, the former Irish Minister for External Affairs Frank Aiken is, with good reason, synonymous with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty’s (NPT) origins. Aiken’s tenacity in securing the “Irish Resolutions” – UN General Assembly Resolution 1380 (XIV) in 1959, Resolution 1576 (XV) in 1960 and Resolution 1665 (XVI) in 1961 – was exceptional. These resolutions classified the spread of nuclear weapons as an urgent international issue possessing the potential to multiply strategic tensions amid the Cold War and decolonization. Acknowledging the impasse on nuclear disarmament, Aiken felt compelled to put forward a realistic first step for global survival.en
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dc.identifier.citationO'Driscoll, M. (2024) 'The Aiken factor: Ireland and the invention of nuclear non-proliferation', Sources and Methods - A blog of the History and Public Policy Program, Wilson Center, 24 January 2024. Available at: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/aiken-factor-ireland-and-invention-nuclear-non-proliferation (Accessed: 27 May 2025)en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/17583
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherThe Wilson Centeren
dc.relation.ispartofSources and Methods - A blog of the History and Public Policy Program, Wilson Centeren
dc.relation.urihttps://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/aiken-factor-ireland-and-invention-nuclear-non-proliferationen
dc.rights© 2024, the Author.en
dc.subjectFranak Aikenen
dc.subjectNuclear non-proliferationen
dc.subjectNuclear Non-Proliferation Treatyen
dc.subjectIrish resolutionsen
dc.titleThe Aiken factor: Ireland and the invention of nuclear non-proliferationen
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