Changing the discourse on nuclear weapons: The humanitarian initiative
2015 ◽
Vol 97
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pp. 711-730
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AbstractThis article examines the progress of the humanitarian initiative to reframe the nuclear weapons discourse internationally. The initiative seeks to shift debate away from theories of strategic stability and towards a focus on the impact of nuclear weapons themselves. This effort has now gathered significant support at an international level, and its implications are increasingly recognized by both nuclear-armed and non-nuclear-armed States. The initiative has been underpinned by the deliberate logic of humanitarian disarmament. A treaty banning nuclear weapons, around which momentum is gathering, would be an achievable, legally coherent and logical next step developing from the initiative.
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2008 ◽
Vol 14
(1)
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pp. 111-126
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2017 ◽
Vol 15
(4)
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pp. 483-493
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2017 ◽
Vol 01
(02)
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2018 ◽
Vol 22
(5)
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pp. 1113-1133
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