Fast Track to Zero Nuclear Weapons
by Robert Green 
CONTENTS
List of figures acknowledgements about the middle powers initiative foreword
Overview
- CHAPTER 1. BACKGROUND: POST-COLD WAR HOPES DENIED
- CHAPTER 2. THE DEEPENING CRISIS
Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan
Nuclear Disarmament Stalled
Insecure Nuclear Weapon Materials and Nuclear Terrorism
Growing Risk of Accidental Nuclear War
The "Millennium/Y2K" Computer Problem and Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapon States Undermining the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
The Non-Proliferation Treaty in Jeopardy
Nuclear Weapon States Flouting the World Court
Nuclear Weapon States Ignoring Public Opinion - CHAPTER 3. WARNINGS AND CALLS FOR ACTION
Canberra Commission on the Elimination of
Nuclear Weapons
US National Academy of Sciences
Generals' & Admirals' Statements
Civilian Leaders' Statement - CHAPTER 4. LEADERSHIP FROM THE NEW AGENDA COALITION
Commitment to Multilateral Negotiations
De-Alerting
Ending Deployment of Non-Strategic Weapons
No-First-Use
Reinforcing Steps
Supporting the UN Resolution for a Nuclear Weapons Convention - CHAPTER 5. THE MIDDLE POWERS INITIATIVE
Supporting the New Agenda Coalition
The Heart of the Issue
The Need for Urgency
- CHAPTER 6. PROGRESS SINCE SEPTEMBER 1998
The NAC's 1998 UN General Assembly Resolution
NATO Summit Opens Door to Nuclear Policy Review
The May 1999 NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting - CHAPTER 7. CONCLUSION
APPENDIX A: SOME CLAIMS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS REBUTTED
APPENDIX B: THE NAKED NUCLEAR EMPEROR ENDNOTES
