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The Thinker
Africa’s role in nuclear debates and in opposing nuclear weapons is at once consequential and overlooked. Since the 1996 Treaty of Pelindaba, the African continent has been a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (NWFZ), providing a powerful example of opposition ...
Anna-Mart van Wyk, Luc-André Brunet, Eirini Karamouzi   +2 more
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Global Zero Regime: Need to Transition from Heteronomous to Autonomous Systems

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
If nuclear abolition was to be achieved, then a shift would be required from an international nuclear non-proliferation regime that limits the number of nuclear-armed states to a global zero regime that prevents the re-emergence of nuclear-armed states ...
Kazuko Hikawa
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Discouraging ROK Development of Nuclear Weapons [PDF]

, 2013
FY 2013-2014. Project Lead: Bruce BennettIronically, the greatest likelihood for nuclear proliferation in the coming years may come from U.S. allies. The development of nuclear weapons by South Korea (ROK) could result in a regional nuclear arms race and
Center on Contemporary Conflict
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Defensive Weapons and Star Wars: A Supergame with Optimal Punishments [PDF]

We model the perspective faced by nuclear powers involved in a supergame where nuclear deterrence is used to stabilise peace. This setting allows us to investigate the bearings of defensive weapons on the effectiveness of deterrence and peace stability ...
G. Giacomello, L. Lambertini
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LEGAL PROTECTION FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Splitu, 2008
Nuclear weapons can be the reason for much dangerous pollution of the environment. The consequences of nuclear testing, explosion of atom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and various nuclear accidents all bear witness to this. Nuclear weaponry falls into
Jerolim Ostojić
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TOWARDS FULFILLMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL RULES OF HUMANITARIAN LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

BRICS Law Journal, 2016
The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an international treaty that should be implemented during both peace and wartime. However, the obligations included in the treaty are dependent upon states' attitudes regarding other issues.
s. Bagheri
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Nuclear weapons dominate North Korea's foreign and domestic policy; diplomatic engagement is the only way to encourage regime change. [PDF]

, 2017
Recent months have seen rising rhetoric between Washington DC and Pyongyang over North Korea's nuclear weapons program. But why is the North Korean regime so keen on developing such weapons?
Vuksanovic, Vuk
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Synergistic Effects of Deterrence by Denial and Safeguards in the Biological Weapons Convention: Building on the History of International Nuclear Safeguards

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The notion of deterrence by denial has been introduced in relation to biosecurity. The goal of deterrence by denial in biosecurity extends beyond dissuading attacks. It also encompasses the protection of citizens in the event of an attack.
Kazuko Hikawa
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Biological Threat Deterrence by Denial: Implications for Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament Vision

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Japan, a proponent of nuclear disarmament, is facing criticism for adopting “nuclear deterrence” as its foreseeable security policy without providing a clear strategy for transitioning away from it.
Kazuko Hikawa
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Global Zero: The new old agenda [PDF]

, 2009
The project of abolishing all nuclear weapons has been given fresh impetus but the old questions remain. Having regard to the manifold problems of definition and verification, is 'Global Zero' realistic in a world in which proliferation seems more likely
Smith, Ron C.
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