Ramesh Thakur

Ramesh Thakur is the director of the Centre for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy and the co-convener of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. A former United Nations assistant secretary-general, he is also the author of Nuclear Weapons and International Security: Collected Essays.

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Articles by Ramesh Thakur

Analysis
19 August 2016
Nuclear Weapons
AmericasAsiaEurope/RussiaMiddle East

Why Obama should declare a no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons

Ramesh Thakur

An American no-first-use commitment would reduce the risk of nuclear war at a time when arsenals are growing and tensions are mounting—particularly in Asia.