What arguments motivate citizens to demand nuclear disarmament?
By Eliza Gheorghe, Anya Loukianova Fink, Anne I. Harrington | July 4, 2017
Why is the global public so apathetic about nuclear disarmament? To answer this question, this article examines the various arguments made in support of policies meant to rid the world of atomic weapons. They include the immorality of deterrence, its impracticality in a world where the enemy does not behave rationally, and the calamitous consequences of nuclear accidents. The authors argue that the approach with the highest chance of successfully stimulating political activism focuses on the current costs of maintaining nuclear arsenals. Read this article in the July/August issue of our subscription journal.
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Eliza Gheorghe
Eliza Gheorghe is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. She... Read More
Anya Loukianova Fink
Anya Loukianova Fink is a research scholar at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland. She was previously a program... Read More
Anne I. Harrington
Anne I. Harrington is a lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations at Cardiff University in Wales, UK. Since earning her PhD... Read More
