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From NPT to TPNW: From Non-proliferation to Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Springer Proceedings in Physics, 2023
AbstractThe Nuclear dossier has been a hot topic since 1945 and after more than 80 years it is far from being closed.
exaly   +2 more sources

Weapons of peace or instruments of catastrophe? Rethinking nuclear deterrence, legitimacy, and security in light of humanitarian evidence

Frontiers in Political Science
This article advances a policy-oriented argument about the legitimacy and sustainability of nuclear deterrence in light of the expanding scientific and humanitarian evidence base on the consequences and risks of nuclear weapons.
Alexander Kmentt
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What Future for the NPT?: Scenarios for the Treaty Going Forward

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
This article examines the durability and fragility of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) through a critical approach to liberal institutionalism and international regime theory.
Manuel Herrera
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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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Addressing the atomic bomb damage: Associations between ‘state compensation’ demands and aspects of survivors' suffering

Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 500-515, June 2023., 2023
Abstract To address the long‐lasting consequences of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in 1994, the Japanese government implemented the current in‐force Atomic Bomb Survivors Support Law. This substantial policy offers medical, health and welfare measures and even incorporates some reparations‐like aspects.
Vladisaya Bilyanova Vasileva, Shizue Izumi, Noriyuki Kawano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

European Union and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2021
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on July 7, 2017. The Treaty is a legal instrument that highlights the humanitarian aspect of nuclear disarmament and provides an alternative to the ...
Adviye Damla Ünlü
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Hawks in the making? European public views on nuclear weapons post‐Ukraine

Global Policy, Volume 14, Issue 2, Page 305-317, May 2023., 2023
Abstract In the past, the European public has not been enthusiastic about nuclear deterrence and the stationing of US American nuclear weapons in Europe. Has the Russian invasion of Ukraine changed that aversion? We conducted a unique study, surveying the same population of respondents at two points in time—in September 2020 and in June 2022.
Michal Onderco, Michal Smetana, Tom W. Etienne   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An architecture for a net zero world: Global climate governance beyond the epoch of failure

Global Policy, Volume 13, Issue S3, Page 24-37, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In the wake of the 2021 Glasgow meeting of the Paris Agreement, where states embedded a 2050 pathway to net zero that will overshoot the Earth's remaining carbon budget for 1.5°C, attention is turning to the flaws of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Anthony Burke
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Japan and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Russian Japanology Review, 2021
The article discusses the attitude of Japanese government towards the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which was introduced in the United Nations’ agenda in 2017.
K. G. Muratshina
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An Introduction to Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021
The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a significant international achievement, although it faces opposition from the nuclear-armed states and some of their allies because it is intended to create impetus for a transition away ...
John Borrie
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