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The Nuclear Ban Treaty and 2018 Disarmament Forums: An Initial Impact Assessment

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
The July 2017 UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will come into force when 50 UN Member States ratify it. The new treaty has been condemned by nuclear weapon states on the grounds of its claimed adverse impacts on Non-Proliferation ...
Michael Hamel-Green
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Judicial Review of the Improper Policy Implementation of Treaties

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
In recent years the courts of England and Wales have come to recognise a new iteration of judicial review which this article terms ‘review of improper policy implementation of treaties’ or ‘RIPIT’. RIPIT enables a reviewing court to scrutinise a domestic policy document which is promulgated for the purpose of securing compliance with a legislatively ...
Joanna Bell
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Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament in a Polycentric World [PDF]

Современная Европа
The experience of 60 years of nuclear arms control has been quite a success except one aspect – transition from a bilateral (the U.S.A. ‒ U.S.S.R/Russia) to a multilateral format of limitation and reduction of nuclear arsenals.
Alexey G. Arbatov
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How Can the TPNW Regime Be Sustained?

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
Experience in implementing both other WMD treaties and other humanitarian disarmament treaties suggests that the TPNW regime can be effective in building and sustaining a global norm against nuclear weapons, even if no nuclear-armed state joins the ...
Richard Lennane, Richard Moyes
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Third or “Second and a Half”? Continuity, Path Dependence, and the Third Nuclear Age

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world has entered a new nuclear age. Scholars have characterized this “third nuclear age” as one of renewed competition among nuclear‐armed great powers and the coming maturation of new technologies. I trace the origins of the new nuclear age. Focusing primarily on US strategies with two case studies on conventional strike capabilities and
Jan Ludvik
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From “Modern Midas Mineral” to “Satanic Substance”: Uranium, Unions, and the Atomic Age

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Uranium mining and export was a major flashpoint for political debate in 1970's Australia. However, there has been relatively little investigation into how uranium was understood and contested before this time. This paper draws on labour movement publications and other archival sources to reveal lesser‐known antecedents to the anti‐uranium movement in ...
Nicholas Herriot
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Japanese Public Opinion, Political Persuasion, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) poses a challenge to decades of Japanese nuclear policy. While Japan has relied on the US nuclear umbrella since the aftermath of World War II, numerous pro-disarmament groups – including the ...
Jonathon Baron, Rebecca Davis Gibbons, Stephen Herzog   +2 more
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Introduction: China–India-Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and the Imperative of Risk Reduction Measures

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2022
Geopolitical tensions in Southern Asia are characterized by shared borders, major territorial disputes, history of wars, political volatility and instability.
Ramesh Thakur, Shatabhisha Shetty, Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu   +2 more
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The Civil War II Novel: From Speculation to Preparation

The Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article describes radical rightwing dystopian fictions set in near‐future versions of the USA, in which the nature of liberal society, combined with some disastrous catalyst, triggers armed resistance by authoritarian, libertarian, and/or secessionist forces, leading to a Second Civil War.
Geoff Boucher, Helen Young, Rachel Fetherston   +2 more
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Arms Control Dialogue is Japan’s Interest: An Agenda for a New Nuclear Posture Review

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
In debates on the Biden administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), the issue that has attracted the most attention in Japan is whether or not the declaratory policy of “no first use” or “sole purpose” of nuclear weapons will be adopted.
Nobumasa Akiyama
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