The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Legal Challenges for Military Doctrines and Deterrence Policies
Book contents
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Reviews
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Changing the Status Quo in Nuclear Arms Control Law: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017
- 2 Adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: A New Dawn, a New Deal, a New Direction in Nuclear Disarmament Law?
- 3 Humanitarian Nuclear Disarmament: Challenging the Status Quo through New Approaches to Legal Process, Purpose and Provisions
- 4 Legal Congruence with Existing Treaty Obligations: Toward Complementary or Competing Interests?
- 5 Customary International Law, Opinio Juris and State Practice Regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: Toward Universality?
- 6 Treaty Safeguards, Verification and Implementation: A Simple-Ban Approach and a Need for Oversight
- 7 Nuclear Deterrence Policies and the Prohibition Treaty: Disarmament Considerations
- 8 Nuclear Defense Doctrines: Disarmament and Emerging Humanitarian Concerns
- 9 Competition, Fragmentation and Polarization: A Bifurcated International Legal Infrastructure Regarding the Nuclear Architecture and Regulation?
- 10 Stigmatization-Action and Changing Global Perceptions to Delegitimize and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- 11 Toward Neo-Universalism: Toward a New Reality in International Law?
- 12 Obligations Erga Omnes: The Missing Link for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Compliance
- 13 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons within the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Architecture in International Law: From Grand Bargain to Grand Challenges with the Right to Nuclear Peace and Freedom from Nuclear Fear: Summaries and Conclusions
- Index
7 - Nuclear Deterrence Policies and the Prohibition Treaty: Disarmament Considerations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 April 2021
Book contents
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Reviews
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Changing the Status Quo in Nuclear Arms Control Law: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017
- 2 Adopting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: A New Dawn, a New Deal, a New Direction in Nuclear Disarmament Law?
- 3 Humanitarian Nuclear Disarmament: Challenging the Status Quo through New Approaches to Legal Process, Purpose and Provisions
- 4 Legal Congruence with Existing Treaty Obligations: Toward Complementary or Competing Interests?
- 5 Customary International Law, Opinio Juris and State Practice Regarding the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 2017: Toward Universality?
- 6 Treaty Safeguards, Verification and Implementation: A Simple-Ban Approach and a Need for Oversight
- 7 Nuclear Deterrence Policies and the Prohibition Treaty: Disarmament Considerations
- 8 Nuclear Defense Doctrines: Disarmament and Emerging Humanitarian Concerns
- 9 Competition, Fragmentation and Polarization: A Bifurcated International Legal Infrastructure Regarding the Nuclear Architecture and Regulation?
- 10 Stigmatization-Action and Changing Global Perceptions to Delegitimize and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- 11 Toward Neo-Universalism: Toward a New Reality in International Law?
- 12 Obligations Erga Omnes: The Missing Link for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament Compliance
- 13 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons within the Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Architecture in International Law: From Grand Bargain to Grand Challenges with the Right to Nuclear Peace and Freedom from Nuclear Fear: Summaries and Conclusions
- Index
Summary
Advocates of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) invariably view nuclear weapons as a threat to international peace and security. The ideals presented by the humanitarian disarmament movement challenge conventional nuclear deterrence policies and defense doctrines currently held by the nuclear-weapon states and their allies. An aim of the TPNW is to challenge basic deterrence assumptions with the intention of advancing normative change by delegitimizing nuclear weapons and changing how they are perceived throughout the world. The position of some states that nuclear weapons provide a military deterrence for overall global security and protection against war is under increasing scrutiny and now there is an actual treaty – the TPNW – opposing this position.
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- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsLegal Challenges for Military Doctrines and Deterrence Policies, pp. 168 - 203Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021