Non-Nuclear Peace: Beyond The Nuclear Ban Treaty

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This volume examines the possibility of a world without nuclear weapons. It starts from the observation that, although nuclear deterrence has long been dominant in debates about war and peace, recent events show that ridicule and stigmatization of nuclear weapons and their possessors is on the rise. The idea of non-nuclear peace has been around since the beginning of the nuclear revolution, but it may be staging a return. The first part reconstructs the criticism of nuclear peace, both past and present, with a particular emphasis on technology. The second part focuses on the most revolutionary change since the beginning of the nuclear revolution, namely the Humanitarian Initiative and the resulting Nuclear Ban Treaty (2017), which allows imagining non-nuclear peace anew. The third and last part explores the practical and institutional prospects of a peace order without nuclear weapons. If non-nuclear peace advocates want to convince skeptics, they have to come up with practical solutions in the realm of global governance or world government. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Introduction (Tom Sauer, Jorg Kustermans, Barbara Segaert)....Pages 1-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Conceptions of the Bomb in the Early Nuclear Age (Casper Sylvest)....Pages 11-37 Nuclear Weapons: Peaceful, Dangerous, or Irrelevant? (Patricia M. Lewis)....Pages 39-57 Vertical Proliferation in Light of the Disarmament Commitment (Katarzyna Kubiak)....Pages 59-84 Front Matter ....Pages 85-85 Stigmatization by Ridicule: From Dr. Strangelove to Donald Trump (Rodger A. Payne)....Pages 87-113 The Humanitarian Initiative: A Critical Appreciation (Nina Tannenwald)....Pages 115-129 Nuclear Ban Treaty: Sand or Grease for the NPT? (Michal Onderco)....Pages 131-148 Front Matter ....Pages 149-149 What Are the Institutional Preconditions for a Stable Non-Nuclear Peace? (Harald Müller)....Pages 151-166 Can the Danger of Nuclear War Be Eliminated by Disarmament? (Campbell Craig)....Pages 167-180 Conclusion: Towards Non-Nuclear Peace (Tom Sauer, Jorg Kustermans, Barbara Segaert)....Pages 181-190 Back Matter ....Pages 191-194