Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityBad Idea: Ignoring the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsByBernadette Stadler and Suzanne ClaeysPublished Dec 7, 2018The United States has done little to engage with the Ban Treaty or its supporters. But ignoring the Ban Treaty is a bad idea that will exacerbate the divide between nuclear and non-nuclear states and could lead to a dangerously uneven pace of international disarmament.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityNuclear Weapons and the Just War TraditionByMatthew Lytwyn and CSIS PONIPublished May 16, 2018While critics of nuclear arms often describe them as indiscriminate weapons that would be used to target civilian population centers, U.S. nuclear planning is deliberately aligned with the moral values that govern the U.S. way of war.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityNuclear Alliances, the NPR, and the Curious Case of New ZealandByJennifer Knox and CSIS PONIPublished Apr 3, 2018Extended nuclear deterrence strengthens alliances, except when it didn’t.
Analysis / Next Gen Community, ReportProject on Nuclear Issues Annual Journal – 2017ByMark CancianPublished Feb 21, 2018A Collection of Papers from the 2017 Nuclear Scholars Initiative and PONI Conference Series
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityDo weapons prohibitions work? It’s complicated.ByAlicia Sanders-ZakrePublished Feb 6, 2018If the nuclear ban treaty follows trajectories of other weapons prohibitions, it could strengthen the norm against nuclear weapons use and possession, and even decrease production. Difficult work likely lies ahead, however.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityAre We Fighting Yet? International Law and Nuclear DisarmamentByRaymond WangPublished Jan 25, 2018Recent decisions have left lasting impacts on international law in ways that might affect whether ban treaty supporters rely on international courts for disarmament.
Analysis / Commentary, Next Gen CommunityFrom New York to DC – The Civil Society Divide on the Nuclear BanByAlicia Sanders-Zakre and CSIS PONIPublished Apr 5, 2017I’m sharing excerpts from an interview with Toshiki Fujimori, a Hiroshima bomb survivor and assistant secretary general of HIDANKYO (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), who sits squarely in the humanitarian camp.