Nordic Countries Should Support a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
Tytti Erästö advocates for an increased role for the Nordic states in advancing the Humanitarian Initiative against nuclear weapons.
Tytti Erästö advocates for an increased role for the Nordic states in advancing the Humanitarian Initiative against nuclear weapons.
Hirofumi Tosaki, argues that Japan, like many other states under the U.S. ‘nuclear umbrella’, is wedged between two contradictory positions – that nuclear weapons must be eliminated as soon as possible and that nuclear weapons serve as the most effective way to deter war in an changing world.
Tom Sauer argues that, 70 years after Hiroshima, the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Initiative will transform the debate about the utility of nuclear weapons, leading to their de-legitimization.
Signed by over 70 European political, diplomatic and military leadership figures, this intervention calls the July 14th Iranian nuclear agreement a sound framework for ending the crisis.
Henrik Salander assesses the impact of a “failed” NPT Review Conference, and answers the “most pressing question”: how will Non-Nuclear Weapons States manage their disappointment and approach disarmament in the future?
Carlo Trezza argues that, after the failure of the NPT Conference, the chances of progressing multilaterally on the three NPT pillars are weak. Despite this, the Iran negotiations have opened the possibility of a general rule regarding enrichment and reprocessing for other initiatives.