The Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Transformational Reframing of the Global Nuclear Order

ISBN-13: 9781032130705 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

Ramesh Chandra Thakur

Opis

The contributors to this book describe, discuss, and evaluate the normative reframing Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty) brings about, taking you on a journey through its genesis and negotiation history and the shape of the emerging global nuclear order.

Spis treści

Introduction. Completing the nuclear disarmament agenda: From the NPT to the Ban Treaty PART I: ORIGINS, NATURE, IMPACT 1. The Humanitarian Initiative and the TPNW 2. Cooperation or conflict? Walking the tightrope of NPT and Ban Treaty supporters 3. Towards a nuclear restraint regime: From a normative Ban Treaty to a substantive agenda 4. Does the TPNW contradict or undermine the NPT? 5. Harmonising the NPT and Ban Treaty in nuclear risk reduction measures 6. How many intensive care beds will a nuclear weapon explosion require? 7. On creating the TPNW verification system 8. Nuclear prohibition: The long night’s journey into day 9. The power of a ban: Outlawing nuclear weapons practices 10. Sovereignty as responsibility and the Ban Treaty PART II: COUNTRY PERSPECTIVES 11. Unhinged leaders and nuclear weapons: It’s time to act 12. The TPNW: Russia’s perspectives 13. NATO allies don’t dismiss the TPNW 14. Disarming the unarmed: Current reality of the nuclear Ban Treaty 15. How nuclear-dependent states could respond to the entry into force of the Ban Treaty 16. Folding the Umbrella: Nuclear allies, the NPT and the Ban Treaty 17. The Nuclear umbrella revisited 18. The Nuclear Ban Treaty is a fact 19. Banning nuclear weapons: A role for Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium? 20. In subtle diplomatic move, Canada ceases its opposition to Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty 21. Latin America and quest for nuclear abolition: From the Treaty of Tlatelolco to the Ban Treaty 22. Engaging the nuclear-armed states in the TPNW disarmament process 23. Don’t mention the ban: Australia’s evasion of the TPNW Part III – ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AND WORLD ORDER 24. Setting new priorities: The EU shifts from civil peace and development projects to military policies 25. Advancing the TPNW 26. Will nuclear states accept post-use responsibility? If not, why not? 27. Mobilising the world behind the nuclear weapons Ban Treaty 28. Verifying the elimination of nuclear weapons and providing assurance against breakout 29. Exploring new approaches to arms control in the 21st century: Lessons from the INF Treaty and Presidential Nuclear Initiatives 30. World order and arms control 31. The future of nuclear arms control: Time for an update 32. Arms control and world order Conclusion. The NPT and the Ban Treaty: Nonproliferation, prohibition, disarmament