Can the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty be considered a successful instrument of nuclear arms control?

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, grade: 1.4, Free University of Berlin, course: Global risks, language: English, abstract: The Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a multilateral treaty designed to halt the spread of nuclear weapons. To determine whether or not the NPT has been a successful instrument of nuclear arms control I will empirically ev...