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Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us [PDF]

Orapuh Journal
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, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Marion Birch, Inga Blum, Peter Doherty, Andy Haines, Ira Helfand, Richard Horton, Kati Juva, Jose F. Lapena Jr, Robert Mash, Olga Mironova, Arun Mitra, Carlos Monteiro, Elena N. Naumova, David Onazi, Tilman Ruff, Peush Sahni, James Tumwine, Carlos Umaña, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski   +22 more
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Questioning the Status of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a ‘Humanitarian Disarmament’ Agreement

Utrecht Journal of International and European Law, 2021
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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Staying the Course: Lessons from South Africa for Irreversibility of Nuclear Disarmament

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
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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UN on Nuclear Disarmament and the Ban Treaty: An Interview with Izumi Nakamitsu

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
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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Seeing Through a “Nuclear” Glass Darkly: Envisioning Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament in the Middle East

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Applying the concept of “Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament” (IND) to the Middle East presents several challenges. Conceptually, the key frameworks for addressing the nuclear challenge in the region – namely the establishment of a zone free from all ...
Karim Haggag
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Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2023
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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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]

Defence Science Review, 2021
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

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
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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Practical Implementation of the Join-and-Disarm Option in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons provides a nuclear-armed state that joins the treaty with two options. One is to join after eliminating its weapons and nuclear-weapon program.
Pavel Podvig
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TPNW, the Caribbean and the Disarmament Politics of Small Island States

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a historic achievement of many years of sustained advocacy and diplomacy by a deft coalition of governments, intergovernmental organizations and civil society.
Shorna-Kay Richards
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