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Xanthe Hall

Xanthe Hall is co-director, disarmament expert and international campaigner for the German affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW). She is also founding member of the German affiliate of ICAN, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2017.


Articles by Xanthe Hall

Antinuclear activist march to mark the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) in New York, January 20, 2023. - The TPNW, the first legally binding international agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons, entered into force on January 22, 2021. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Nuclear deterrence is the existential threat, not the nuclear ban treaty

By Ivana Nikolić Hughes, Xanthe Hall, Ira Helfand, Mays Smithwick | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons