Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment

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Bård Steen (The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo) Olav Njølstad (The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo)

Nuclear Disarmament

A Critical Assessment

Bård Steen (The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo), Olav Njølstad (The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo)

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English

Routledge
07 March 2019

Peace studies & conflict resolution; International relations; Nuclear weapons

Series: Routledge Global Security Studies

This volume, Nuclear Disarmament, provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear disarmament and a critical assessment of the way forward.

Comprising essays by leading scholars on nuclear disarmament, the book highlights arguments in favour and against a world without nuclear weapons (global zero). In doing so, it proposes a new baseline from which an everchanging nuclear arms control and disarmament agenda can be assessed. Numerous paths to nuclear disarmament have been proposed and scrutinized, and with an increasing number of countries signing off on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, it is vital to ask which path is the most likely and realistic to succeed. The chapters here also address the rapid pace of technological, political and climatic developments, in relation to nuclear disarmament, and how they add to the complexity of the issue. Taking care to unite the different tribes in the debate, this book provides a community of dissent at a time when academic tribalism all too often prevents genuine debates from taking place.

This book will be of interest to students of nuclear proliferation, arms control, security studies and International Relations.

Edited by: Bård Steen (The Norwegian Nobel Institute Oslo), Olav Njølstad (The Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367133665
ISBN 10: 0367133660
Series: Routledge Global Security Studies
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 07 March 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bård Nikolas Vik Steen is the Programme Manager of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo. Olav Njølstad is the Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and adjunct professor at the University of Oslo.

Reviews for Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment

`In 1924 Winston Churchill wrote, Might not a bomb no bigger than an orange be found to possess a secret power...and blast a township at a stroke - that bomb was developed and used two decades later and we have been debating its dangers and value and trying to control it ever since - Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment captures the wide-ranging views of this debate as it stands now almost one hundred years later. Join the debate - the next one hundred years depends on it.'-- William J. Perry, 19th US Secretary of Defense 'A balanced and thoughtful assessment, by a diverse set of global experts, on the pros and cons of nuclear disarmament. Must reading for these challenging times.'--Scott D. Sagan, Stanford University, USA 'As nuclear risks remain unnecessarily and unacceptably high, the Norwegian Nobel Institute deserves our applause for engaging this timely and important discussion. These thought-provoking essays from nuclear experts with different perspectives is a valuable contribution to addressing one of the great strategic challenges of our time.'--former US Senator Sam Nunn, co-Chairman of the Nuclear Threat Initiative