Life beyond Arms Control

Moving toward a Global Regime of Nuclear Restraint & Responsibility

Bibliographic Data

ID9685170
AuthorsNina Tannenwald (University of the Nations, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume149
Issue2
Pages205-221
Publication date2020-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDaedalus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/daed_a_01798
OpenAlexW3013448187
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Today, we are on the verge of a world without nuclear restraint. In the absence of formal arms control, how do we proceed? What broad principles and norms would we want? What measures might nuclear-armed states take, even without formal agreement, that would reduce the risk of nuclear war and control the arms race? I suggest that nuclear-armed states move toward a global regime of nuclear restraint and responsibility. Restraint would primarily take the form of reciprocal commitments and unilateral measures to avoid an arms race and reduce nuclear dangers. Responsibility refers to the fact that nuclear-armed states must pursue limited forms of deterrence and are accountable to the international community. I suggest several steps that governments, with the help of civil society, could take, beginning with the most minimal, declaratory initiatives and unilateral measures, and proceeding to steps that require more action

Action (physics · Arms control · Arms race · Control (management · Deterrence theory · Economics · International community · Law and economics · Nuclear ethics · Nuclear weapon · Physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense

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