Nuclear weapons and disarmament realities: past, present and future
Simpson, John (1997) Nuclear weapons and disarmament realities: past, present and future. New Zealand International Review, 22, 8-11.
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John Simpson discusses the problems and prospects of achieving non-proliferation and non-possession of nuclear weapons.
We currently live in an era where, for the first time for half a century, the global elimination of nuclear weapons appears possible, though not yet probable. The five nuclear-weapon states, who also happen to be the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, have been for the last six years in a relationship other than acute political hostility, and their need for such weapons for their own security is no longer so self-evident as it was prior to 1991. This in itself will not be sufficient to produce the elimination of nuclear weapons: other changes in the perspectives that states and their leaders hold about nuclear weapons will be necessary. But such changes are not impossible: the `realist' perspective that suggests...
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Social Sciences > Politics and International Relations |
| Item ID: | 47439 |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Mar 2012 13:52 |
| Contributors: | Simpson, John (Author) |
| Date: | 1997 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/47439 |
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