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Legal and political myths of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2021
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is an important diplomatic, political, and legal landmark in the longstanding effort to abolish nuclear weapons.
Edward M. Ifft, David A. Koplow
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

International Legal Materials, 2018
Those who have been following international headlines for the past year can observe the increased prevalence of discussions on nuclear weapons, including between the United States and North Korea. In the margins of the discussions, the law and policy discussions around nuclear non-proliferation become very relevant.
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Teaching about the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons to three generations

Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 2018
Teaching about nuclear war presents different challenges today from those we faced in the 1980s at the peak of the Cold War and different challenges for different age groups: students, teachers and...
Jonathan Down, Mary‐Wynne Ashford
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The Security Impact of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

2021
Nuclear disarmament has been on the international agenda since the dawn of the nuclear age. Over the years, nuclear-armed States undertook various legal obligations and political commitments to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. The aspiration of attaining a world without nuclear weapons nevertheless remained elusive. The strategic stability provided by
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Obstacles to understanding the emergence and significance of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons

Global Change, Peace & Security, 2018
This article examines the emergence of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from a critical perspective, including how and to what degree efforts to alter states’ framing of nuclear ...
John Borrie, Wilfred Wan, Michael Spies
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Japan and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

2020
On 7 July 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to ban nuclear weapons in general was adopted in the United Nations General Assembly. The Japanese government, however, voted against the TPNW while insisting on its own resolution plan to facilitate global nuclear elimination.
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The humanitarian turn in nuclear disarmament and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The Nonproliferation Review, 2018
ABSTRACTOn July 7, 2017, at the UN General Assembly, 122 states voted to adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons: an assessment of the environmental provisions

International Journal of Nuclear Governance, Economy and Ecology, 2019
To address the significant risks posed by the continued existence of nuclear weapons, and the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of their testing and use, the international community, in July 2017, adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
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The Dream of Bandung and the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Critical Studies on Security, 2018
ABSTRACTFrom nuclear weapons testing to uranium mining and from the actual use of nuclear weapons to the mere threat of use, race, colonialism and nuclear weapons, all have been inextricably linked...
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Normalizing zero nuclear weapons: The humanitarian road to the Prohibition Treaty

Contemporary Security Policy, 2018
The nuclear age has come to be seen as “normal,” marked by a process of “nuclearism” whereby nuclear weapons and deterrence are seen as inevitable and acceptable elements of international security. Factors which have allowed this to flourish include the relative absence of humanitarian considerations, nuclear decision-making by a select few, and the ...
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