1993/05/01 by R. Z. Sagdeev · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Nuclear Issues and Defense #Political science
paper · doi:10.1080/00963402.1993.11456342
openalex publication_date 1993/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
Many have feared that the collapse of the Soviet Union has created new opportunities for would-be nuclear proliferators. Until recently, those dangers have seemed mainly theoretical. However, the former Soviet world was recently on the brink of breaching the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) from an unexpected corner -- the KGB. This article discusses the irony that a move to publicize Russia's files on early Soviet espionage activities in the United States would originate from the KGB. It is of note that a publication of such secrets could have been useful to countries currently trying to develop a basic nuclear bomb.