Abstract
Despite early efforts to effectuate a nuclear-weapon free world after WWII, policy makers and experts in the 1950s and early 1960s shifted their attention from the arsenals of the nuclear powers to the risk of future proliferators and the risk of a nuclear arms escalating into nuclear conflict. This paper analyzes how the emergence of the twin goals of non-proliferation and arms control have limited policy innovation and have helped nuclear weapons possessors to shy away from their responsibility to effectuate a world free from nuclear weapons. In this light, this paper argues that the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on July 7, 2017, represent a revolutionary challenge to the global nuclear order by once again putting the norm of non-possession front and center.
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Published - 24 Aug 2017 |
Event | 10th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference - Astana, Kazakhstan Duration: 23 Jan 2017 → 24 Jan 2017 |
Conference
Conference | 10th International Student/Young Pugwash (ISYP) Conference |
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Country/Territory | Kazakhstan |
City | Astana |
Period | 23/01/17 → 24/01/17 |