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Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us [PDF]
A worldwide nuclear arms race is underway. Deployed nuclear weapons are increasing again, and China, India, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, and the United Kingdom are all enlarging their arsenals.
Kamran Abbasi+22 more
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The Environmental Imperative of Nuclear Disarmament [PDF]
The world is threatened as never before by an insane buildup of nuclear weapons some five hundred times as strong in their explosive capacity as the latest estimate of all the chemical explosives that have ever been used throughout history. Leaders in major countries probably know the awful consequences of a nuclear war too well to start one, but the ...
Tolba, Mostafa K.+2 more
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Staying the Course: Lessons from South Africa for Irreversibility of Nuclear Disarmament [PDF]
To conceptualise irreversibility of nuclear disarmament, it is better to think about nuclear disarmament as a historical process than a historical moment. I apply a path-dependency lens to do so in the case of South Africa.
Joelien Pretorius
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The Future of Nuclear Disarmament [PDF]
In this presentation, I would like to focus exclusively on the issue of the prospects for nuclear disarmament. This question seems to require separate consideration, because the current situation in this area not only has all the signs of stagnation, but so far does not give rise to manifestations of even moderate optimism.
Alexander G. Savelyev
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UN on Nuclear Disarmament and the Ban Treaty: An Interview with Izumi Nakamitsu [PDF]
Izumi Nakamitsu of Japan is Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. She assumed her position on 1 May 2017 and has provided support to the negotiation process of the Treaty on the Prohibition of ...
Fumihiko Yoshida
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A Strategic Plan for Nuclear Disarmament: Engineering a Perfect Political Storm [PDF]
Rydell surveys two contrasting trends in nuclear disarmament: the lack of progress in eliminating nuclear arsenals and the growth of support for a treaty banning such weapons on humanitarian grounds.
Randy Rydell
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Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy
For the last ten years the Disarmament NGO Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) has conferred a “Distinguished Achievement” award on an individual who has contributed to advancing nuclear disarmament.
Paul Meyer
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On 22 January 2021, the 'Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons' (TPNW) entered into force. The TPNW has resulted in a mixed response from the international community, instigating much discussion on certain provisions and features of the TPNW.
Christopher P. Evans
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Possible methods and approaches for verification of undeclared and decommissioned sites for verifying nuclear disarmament, the reasons to employ them, and the dissemination of findings [PDF]
Objectives The future verification of the nuclear disarmament poses different challenges. The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification is working on these challenges.
Mihail Istvanovics Várdai
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The US Initiative on Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament
The purpose of this paper is to examine and critically evaluate a new US initiative called Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND), which was launched in 2018.
Mitsuru Kurosawa
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