Faced with a crisis in the inter-American security system, one wonders what role the Tlatelolco treaty could play in this nuclear age, when a significant number of countries in the region have already accessed this type of technology. The problem is not simple, since the Treaty has a complete legal regime, because it seeks to regulate relations both between countries of the region not endowed with nuclear weapons, and those between regional countries and intra- and extra-continental powers possessing nuclear power. We hold that the Treaty may constitute a new development of the inter-American security system and that it is necessary to clarify the assurances that the nuclear States will grant to countries that have renounced the possession and use of nuclear weapons.
Keywords:
Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation, Inter-American Security, Inter-American Relations, Treaty of Tlatelolco
Author Biography
Rodrigo Díaz Albónico, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile
Profesor del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales de la Universidad de Chile y director del programa de post-grado, magister en estudios internacionales impartido por el mismo Instituto.
Díaz Albónico, R. (1980). El sistema de seguridad interamericana y sus nuevos desarrollos a través del Tratado de Tlatelolco. Estudios Internacionales, 13(51), p. 345–381. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1980.16644
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