The Legality of Nuclear-Weapons Sharing Arrangements under International Law: United States-NATO and Russia-Belarus

Authors

Anthony J. Colangelo, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of LawFollow

ORCID (Links to author’s additional scholarship at ORCID.org)

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0637-3847

Abstract

This Essay argues that certain nuclear sharing agreements between nuclear and non-nuclear powers are legal under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. This topic is highly important as Russia has announced its stationing of nuclear weapons in Belarus and Belarus has signaled its intent to use them.

Publication Title

Stanford Journal of International Law

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Nuclear arms control, United States, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Russia, Belarus, International law, Treaties, Nuclear weapons stationing

Recommended Citation

Anthony J. Colangelo, The Legality of Nuclear-Weapons Sharing Arrangements under International Law: United States-NATO and Russia-Belarus, 61 Stan. J. Int'l L. 156 (2025)