The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
In the more than sixty years since the advent of nuclear weapons, there has been little meaningful progress toward nuclear disarmament. Some countries have nuclear weapons, while other states are forbidden to acquire them, a status quo that lacks rational basis and cannot be sustained. In this remarkable collection, scholars and policy analysts argue that humankind has a choice: either allow nuclear weapons to continue to proliferate throughout the world or move toward their complete elimination.

The vast majority of people on the planet would surely opt to abolish nuclear weapons. But decisions about nuclear weapons are not made by the public, but by small groups of political elites. Consequently, in a world with nuclear weapons, the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a small number of individuals, whose perceptions, communications, and judgment determine whether there is to be a future.

The contributors to this volume provide historical perspective on nuclear weapons policy; explore the role of international law in furthering the prospects of nuclear weapons abolition; consider the obstacles to abolition; present a path to achieving a nuclear weapons-free world; and look beyond abolition to consider issues of post-abolition sovereignty and general and complete disarmament. The goal of a nuclear weapons-free world can be awakened by an engaged citizenry bringing pressure from below in demanding action from political leaders. This book contributes to this awakening and engagement.

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The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
In the more than sixty years since the advent of nuclear weapons, there has been little meaningful progress toward nuclear disarmament. Some countries have nuclear weapons, while other states are forbidden to acquire them, a status quo that lacks rational basis and cannot be sustained. In this remarkable collection, scholars and policy analysts argue that humankind has a choice: either allow nuclear weapons to continue to proliferate throughout the world or move toward their complete elimination.

The vast majority of people on the planet would surely opt to abolish nuclear weapons. But decisions about nuclear weapons are not made by the public, but by small groups of political elites. Consequently, in a world with nuclear weapons, the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a small number of individuals, whose perceptions, communications, and judgment determine whether there is to be a future.

The contributors to this volume provide historical perspective on nuclear weapons policy; explore the role of international law in furthering the prospects of nuclear weapons abolition; consider the obstacles to abolition; present a path to achieving a nuclear weapons-free world; and look beyond abolition to consider issues of post-abolition sovereignty and general and complete disarmament. The goal of a nuclear weapons-free world can be awakened by an engaged citizenry bringing pressure from below in demanding action from political leaders. This book contributes to this awakening and engagement.

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Overview

In the more than sixty years since the advent of nuclear weapons, there has been little meaningful progress toward nuclear disarmament. Some countries have nuclear weapons, while other states are forbidden to acquire them, a status quo that lacks rational basis and cannot be sustained. In this remarkable collection, scholars and policy analysts argue that humankind has a choice: either allow nuclear weapons to continue to proliferate throughout the world or move toward their complete elimination.

The vast majority of people on the planet would surely opt to abolish nuclear weapons. But decisions about nuclear weapons are not made by the public, but by small groups of political elites. Consequently, in a world with nuclear weapons, the fate of humanity rests in the hands of a small number of individuals, whose perceptions, communications, and judgment determine whether there is to be a future.

The contributors to this volume provide historical perspective on nuclear weapons policy; explore the role of international law in furthering the prospects of nuclear weapons abolition; consider the obstacles to abolition; present a path to achieving a nuclear weapons-free world; and look beyond abolition to consider issues of post-abolition sovereignty and general and complete disarmament. The goal of a nuclear weapons-free world can be awakened by an engaged citizenry bringing pressure from below in demanding action from political leaders. This book contributes to this awakening and engagement.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781412814904
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Publication date: 01/15/2011
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 308
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword Daisaku Ikeda xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction David Krieger xix

List of Acronyms xxv

I The Challenge of Abolition

1 The Challenge of Abolishing Nuclear Weapons David Krieger 3

2 Abolition of Nuclear Weapons: Political Apathy and a Possible Way Ahead Laxminarayan Ramdas 15

3 Abandoning Disarmament? The New Nuclear Nonproliferation Paradigms Wade L. Huntley 23

II Historical Perspectives

4 Roots of the Upcoming Nuclear Crisis Daniel Ellsberg 45

5 The Relationship between Nuclear Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Sverre Lodgaard 77

III The Role of International Law

6 International Law, Nuclear Weapons, and Twenty-First Century Insecurity Ved P. Nanda 91

7 Nuclear Weapons and Future Justice David Krieger 109

IV Obstacles to Abolition

8 Putting Nuclear Weapons in Context: The Hidden Architecture of U.S. Militarism Jacqueline Cabasso 119

9 The New U.S. Doctrine of Preemptive Warfare and Its Implications for Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament Erika Simpson 141

10 The United States and the Undermining of the Nonproliferation Regime Stephen Zunes 155

V The Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

11 A Nuclear Weapons Convention: Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World Jürgen Scheffran 171

12 The Case for a Nuclear Weapons Convention Ronald McCoy 185

VI Citizen Empowerment

13 Overcoming the Politics of Fear: Citizen Empowerment and the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Kevin P. Clements 199

14 A World Free of Nuclear Weapons Douglas Roche 211

VII Beyond Abolition

15 Sovereignty in a World Free of Nuclear Weapons Douglas B. Shaw 219

16 Nuclear Disarmament and General and Complete Disarmament Randy Rydell 227

Appendices

Appendix A Confronting the Desire to Arm: Josei Toda's Declaration for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Tatsushi Arai 245

Appendix B Remember Your Duty to Humanity: Joseph Rotblat and Nuclear Weapons Abolition David Krieger 255

Appendix C Thirteen Practical Steps for Nuclear Disarmament (Excerpt from the Final Document of the 2000 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference) 263

Contributors 267

Index 275

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