The Additional Protocol and the Road to Integrated Safeguards

Effective International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards remain the cornerstone of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, based upon the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which is aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons and moving toward nuclear disarmament. There have been many challenges to the nonproliferation regime over the years, however its continued success has been, to a great extent, dependent on the ability of the IAEA’s safeguards system to adapt in response to those challenges.