Expanding Perspectives on Nuclear DisarmamentShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)Collection (editor) (Other academic)
Abstract [en]
This compendium of working papers features contributions by the members of the AMC Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament in Policy and International Law, and by students and early-career professionals selected following an open call for abstracts. The first part of the collection—from the Working Group members—features scene-setting pieces which reconsider the notion of ‘nuclear disarmament’ and relevant concepts in the contemporary strategic context. The second part of the collection—from the selected students and early-career scholars—feature original research on an array of topics. These have been sorted into four broad thematic areas: 1) the role of nuclear-armed states in the disarmament space, 2) key processes and mechanisms that can help facilitate disarmament progress, 3) potential impacts of technological advancements, and 4) frameworks and perspectives that can help recast disarmament concepts. Together, the compendium represents an effort to expand the current understanding of the topic, with view to reinvigorating efforts towards a world free of nuclear weapons.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Uppsala University, 2023, 1. , p. 240
Keywords [en]
nuclear disarmament, nuclear weapons, disarmament, nuclear policy
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-519635OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-519635DiVA, id: diva2:1834134
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction (Wilfred Wan)
I. SETTING THE SCENE:
1. Deconstructing ‘Nuclear Disarmament’ (Andrew Futter and Nick Ritchie)
2. From Unilateral to Multilateral: Tackling Nuclear Disarmament from Both Ends of the Spectrum (Karim Haggag and Oliver Meier)
3. The Principle of Irreversibility: Origins, Status, and Pathways – A Work Program (Anastasia Malygina and Tanya Ogilvie-White)
4. Nuclear Disarmament Facilitators (Sharon Squassoni and Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova)
II. THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR-ARMED STATES:
5. The French Nuclear Posture and Nuclear Disarmament: Credibility, Confidence, and Transparency (Douglas de Quadros Rocha)
6. Real Weapons, Imagined Security, and Abstract Values: Tracing the Past of Indian Nuclear Weapons Policy for a Future of Sustainable Disarmament (Aswathy Madhukumar)
7. Searching for Strategic Arms Control Obligations amidst the Suspension of the New START Treaty (Razy Aman Eddine)
8. The Impact of China's Nuclear Expansion and Prospects of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Sajjad Ahamed)
III. PROCESSES AND MECHANISMS:
9. Irreversibility in a World of Unresolvable Uncertainty: The Role of Trust and Confidence (Alice Spilman)
10. Economic Incentives for Nuclear Disarmament: Bridging Normative and Pragmatic Approaches for a Safer World (Joel Christoph)
11. The Role of Youth in Advancing Nuclear Disarmament (Magritte Gordaneer)
12. Transnational Parliamentary Governance: A Catalyst for ‘TPNW Universalization’ Discourse (Mahmoud Javadi)
IV. IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS:
13. From Transparency to Irreversibility: The Role of Blockchain in Nuclear Disarmament (Océane Van Geluwe)
14. The Emergence of Nuclear Fusion Energy: A New Nuclear Technology, a New Chance for Nuclear Disarmament? (Philipp Sauter)
V. FRAMEWORKS AND PERSPECTIVES:
15. Feminist Foreign Policy’s Potentials and Obstacles to Critically Re-Imagine Nuclear Disarmament (Lena Wittenfeld)
16. Spaces and Silences: Gendered Performances of Power and Opportunities for Nuclear Disarmament (Ines K T Grange)
17. ‘A World Free from Nuclear Weapons’: The Catholic Church and Nuclear Discourse under Pope Francis (Nicolò Miotto)
18. Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament: A ‘Delegitimizing’ Ethical Framework for Evaluating Nuclear Deterrence (Vincenzo Poti)
Authors and Contributors
2024-02-022024-02-022024-02-21Bibliographically approved