"Brazilian Nuclear Policy"

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Policy Brief No. 19  -  Brazilian Nuclear Policy
By Layla Dawood, Mônica Herz and Victor Coutinho Lage
February 2015

Summary

Brazilian perspectives on nuclear governance are characterized by an acceptance of most existing international governance mechanisms and a focus on access to nuclear technology.  The tension between Brazil and current governance mechanisms stems from domestic criticism of a lack of progress in nuclear disarmament by the nuclear-armed states, on the one hand, and the discriminatory nature of non-proliferation obligations – especially their expansion since the end of the Cold War – on the other. Of particular concern is the focus on detection rather than accountancy of nuclear material and the move away from multilateral forums as a setting for the creation of norms.

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