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Nuclear Exits - Countries foregoing the nuclear option (Paperback)
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Many countries have the capacity to construct nuclear weapons -
even relatively poor and small ones, as the North Korean example
shows us. So far, only one country - South Africa - has voluntarily
given up its nuclear weapons programme. Three others - Ukraine,
Kazakhstan and Belarus - gave up the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons
after the end of the Cold War. A number of others (including
Australia, Sweden and Switzerland) have at one time or another made
plans to build nuclear weapons, but eventually opted not to do so.
These stories can shed significant light on the prospects for
nuclear disarmament - one of the biggest global challenges of our
time. Yet they have received little scrutiny in the academic
literature to date. This volume addresses that gap, bringing
together scholars, practitioners and politicians to reflect on the
history of nuclear exits (and nuclear non-entries) and to draw out
some key lessons for future nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation efforts. Although progress on reducing nuclear
arsenals has been frustratingly slow, there are strong indications
that world opinion is increasingly supportive of nuclear exits.
Organizations such as International Physicians for the Prevention
of Nuclear War, the International Committee of the Red Cross and
the World Medical Association have all taken a strong stand against
nuclear weapons. Ultimately ridding the world of nuclear weapons
requires politicians to take determined action - to decide in
favour of nuclear exits. The chapters in this volume show that such
decisions are possible and that a worldwide nuclear exit is
achievable - within our lifetimes. This book was published as a
special issue of Medicine, Conflict and Survival.
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