Nuclear Disarmament without the Nuclear-Weapon States: The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Müller, Harald; Wunderlich, Carmen

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“…In addition to these negative factors, there is another, namely the presence in the circle of nuclear-weapon States of states with authoritarian, less democratic or nondemocratic political systems (such as Russia and China). These increase fears and uncertainties about the possibility of a world free of nuclear weapons [10].…”

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Perspectives on the Implementation of the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

Guţan

2021

International Conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

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The adoption of The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) by the UN General Assembly in July 2017 is a real success for the international community in the fight against armaments and the danger of an apocalyptic war. Despite the scepticism of many, the treaty entered into force in January 2021, with its 50th ratification. Although this story seems to have come to a happy end, it is only now that the turmoil begins. No nuclear-weapon state has supported the adoption of the treaty and they refuse to recognize its legal power. The implementation of this treaty will be the hardest test for the UN. Nuclear states are the strongest and most decision-making, especially within the Security Council. In this context, the question arises whether the UN will succeed in finding an effective way to persuade nuclear states to give up these weapons or whether we will witness an international “putsch” of nuclear states.

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Perspectives on the Implementation of the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

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2021

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“…They have long regarded the disarmament issue as their turf, and something in which the NNWS do not have any influence. As a consequence, many NNWS have been increasingly critical (and vocal in that criticism) of what they perceived as a lack of willingness to meet one of the core obligations of the treaty (Müller and Wunderlich 2020 ).…”

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“…The weaknesses of the TPNW (nuclear weapons research, verification, enforcement) are also weaknesses of the NPT. The accusation that the TPNW threatens to “supersede” the NPT is without substance as has been amply demonstrated (Müller and Wunderlich 2020 ; Deutscher Bundestag, Wissenschaftliche Dienste 2021 ).…”

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The global nuclear order and the crisis of the nuclear non-proliferation regime: Taking stock and moving forward

Baldus

Müller

Wunderlich

2021

Z Friedens und Konflforsch

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a central element of the global nuclear order, the primary goal of which is to prevent nuclear war. But this understanding is being threatened by a number of developments. Frustration about the lack of nuclear disarmament and concerns about humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons led to the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). The new treaty has further exposed existing fault lines within the NPT and exacerbated unresolved conflicts over the proper approach to disarmament and the weighting of the NPT pillars. Currently, disagreements over the compatibility of the two treaties and the approach to the TPNW in particular divide the membership of the NPT. At the same time, real proliferation cases test the regime’s ability to act, as norm enforcement is regularly hampered by interference from the great powers. These developments—the absence of genuine disarmament, disputes among NPT members, competition between the TPNW and the NPT, and actual nuclear proliferation—are part of a comprehensive crisis and destabilization of the non-proliferation regime. We argue that three developments are necessary to restabilize the regime: a cooperative resolution of the power struggles among the major powers; a depolarization of the inter-group divisions in the NPT; and a return to the principle of nuclear war prevention as a common maxim for action.

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“…However, perhaps the one issue on which the United States and Russia agree is their opposition to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the socalled nuclear weapon ban treaty, as discussed in this volume by Harald Müller and Carmen Wunderlich. 40 Russia maintains that the agreement fails to account for all issues impacting strategic stability and could damage the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. 41 With arms control weakened if not dead, how great is the risk of an arms race?…”

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Russia's Nuclear Weapons in a Multipolar World: Guarantors of Sovereignty, Great Power Status & More

Fink

Oliker

2020

Daedalus

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At a time of technological and political change in the international security environment, Russia continues to view nuclear weapons as guarantors of peace and security among great powers. Nuclear weapons also assure Russia's own great-power status and mitigate uncertainty in an emerging multipolar order. In a world where the United States pursues improved missile defense capabilities and appears to reject mutual vulnerability as a stabilizing factor, Moscow views its modernized nuclear arsenal as essential to deter Washington from a possible attack on Russia or coercive threats against it. Some elites in Russia would like to preserve existing arms control arrangements or negotiate new ones to mitigate a weakening infrastructure of strategic stability. At the same time, however, they seem skeptical that the United States is willing to compromise or deal with Russia as an equal. Meanwhile, multilateral arms control appears to be too complex a proposition for the time being.

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Nuclear Disarmament without the Nuclear-Weapon States: The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Cited by 26 publications

References 13 publications

Perspectives on the Implementation of the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

Perspectives on the Implementation of the 2017 Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

The global nuclear order and the crisis of the nuclear non-proliferation regime: Taking stock and moving forward

Russia's Nuclear Weapons in a Multipolar World: Guarantors of Sovereignty, Great Power Status & More

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