Post-Nuclear Security Summits: The Need to Reinvigorate Efforts for Malaysia to Participate Fully in Nuclear Security Conventions

Abstract

The Nuclear Security Summits comprised a series of four Summits held from 2010 to 2016. The overarching goal of the Summits was to strengthen nuclear security globally, including encouraging countries to ratify the 2005 Amendments to the CPPNM to come into force. At the time, Malaysia had indicated imminent accession to the CPPNM and its Amendments but has yet to do so. Challenges to accession include aligning domestic laws with the provisions of the convention, but the situation is compounded by the loss of momentum since the conclusion of the Summits. This article concludes that efforts toward accession need to be reinvigorated to secure the sustainability of Malaysia’s energy resource mix, protect Malaysia’s reputation as a responsible member of the international community concerning nuclear security governance, and to effectively promote and protect Malaysia’s rights and interests through full participation at the Review Conferences.