Mexico and the Balancing of Nuclear Perils and Promises in the 1960s

2025/03/18 by J. Luis Rodriguez · 1 voice
Decision Sciences · Social Sciences · #Nuclear Issues and Defense #Research, Science, and Academia

paper · doi:10.1080/14682745.2024.2404835

openalex publication_date 2025/03/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/14

Abstract

Conventional interpretations of the origins of the global nuclear order are incomplete. In the 1960s, the representatives of eighteen countries, including Mexico, drafted the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). While these negotiations took place, Mexico led a Latin American process to create the first nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ) in a densely populated area with the Treaty of Tlatelolco. Mexican representatives purposedly linked these lawmaking processes. They used the Treaty of Tlatelolco precedent and coalition to amplify their voice in the NPT debates. They also ensured that the NPT did not interfere with the consolidation of the NWFZ.

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• Some years ago, @jrhuntx.bsky.social invited me to write a paper on Mexico's role in the NPT design. I delved into the archives and reconstructed the negotiations following the actions of the Mexican [bsky, 6 points, 1 comments]

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