Mariana Budjeryn Knihy

"The author investigates the history and politics surrounding the prevention of what could have been the single largest wave of nuclear proliferation when the Soviet collapse led to the emergence of three new nuclear states: Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine"--

Among the various factors that contributed to Ukraine's nuclear renunciation, including diplomatic pressure from the United States and Russia and domestic economic woes, the NPT stands out as a salient force that provided an international framework for managing the Soviet nuclear collapse.