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Public opinion, commitment traps and nuclear weapons policy [PDF]

, 2015
It is widely believed by policymakers and scholars alike that a deep aversion against the use of nuclear weapons has taken hold around the world in the years since 1945.
Sagan, Scott D.
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From Tactical Utility to Human Cost: The Normative Shift in the Prohibition of Combatant Suffering

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article examines the evolving interpretation of the principle prohibiting superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering in international humanitarian law (IHL) applicable to combatants.
Jaroslav Krasny
doaj   +1 more source

The Unintended Consequences of German Deterrence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Germany's evolving deterrence posture boils down to continued participation in NATO nuclear sharing and an ambitious conventional rearmament program. Due to its non‐nuclear status and a result of decades of underinvestment, Germany prioritizes modern conventional weapons.
Ulrich Kühn
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear power and nuclear weapons [PDF]

, 1983
The proliferation of nuclear weapons and the expanded use of nuclear energy for the production of electricity and other peaceful uses are compared.
Vaughen, V.C.A.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Victim assistance and environmental remediation in the Pacific

YesThis report provides insight into the benefits and challenges pertaining to victim assistance and environmental remediation in the wake of nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific.
Maslen, M., Donaldson, B., Alexis-Martin, Becky, Ul Ain, Qurat, Kaller, K.   +4 more
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Irreversibility in Nuclear Arms Control: Lessons from the US-Soviet/Russian Arms Control Process

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The United States and Soviet Union/Russian Federation signed several arms control treaties that mandated reductions in their numbers of deployed nuclear weapons.
Amy F. Woolf
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Reforming Export Control Regimes: Addressing Emerging Technologies Through Responsible Innovation

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The proliferation of dual‐use emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and additive manufacturing—poses a growing challenge for multilateral export control regimes. Designed for tangible goods and slower innovation cycles, existing arrangements increasingly struggle to govern technologies that are ...
Stella Blumfelde
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention: Transparency and Denial as Complementary Approaches

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) remains a cornerstone of international disarmament but faces persistent challenges due to the absence of a verification regime and the dual-use nature of biological research.
Jaroslav Krasny
doaj   +1 more source

Universities as the Next Counterintelligence Battleground in Geopolitical Contests

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, universities are increasingly becoming the target of foreign national security actors, engaging in espionage, sabotage, foreign interference and intellectual property theft. Despite that, there has been no examination of the utilisation of counterintelligence approaches by universities to the threats they face from the subordination ...
Brendan Walker‐Munro, Sascha‐Dominik Dov Bachmann   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Framing Norm Through Riskification: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Anti-Nuclear Weapons Norm

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article combines research strands on international norms, framing, and riskification to elaborate the framing methods used by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to effect an anti-nuclear weapons norm around the Treaty for ...
Christian Harijanto
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