The global nuclear order—built on policies of nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament—is unjust. In our latest for @BulletinAtomic @franziskastaerk & I examine Nuclear Injustice along two axes: political & temporal. A 🧵 thebulletin.org/2022/10/nuclea… via @BulletinAtomic
Political #1: nuclear deterrence facilitates Putin's war against 🇺🇦. So far, 🇷🇺 & NATO are 'safe' behind their arsenals. All other NNWS are not. Waltz called that concept "nuclear peace". We call it Nuclear Injustice.
Political #2: nuclear nonproliferation contributed to 🇺🇦 fate. The NPT allows the P5 to have nuclear weapons. All others (except 3) committed not to pursue nukes. 🇺🇦 even gave up Soviet nukes under NPT + then became victim to one of the NPT depository states - Nuclear Injustice!
Political #3: nuclear disarmament is stuck since years. Even worse, while NPT has compliance mechanisms in place for the nonpro pillar, the NWS get a free pass because there is no mechanism in place in case of Art. VI disarmament non-compliance = Nuclear Injustice.
Temporal #1: already in the past, ethnic minorities, mostly from the Global South, had to bear the consequences of nuclear testing. See e.g. the works from @seb6philippe on 🇨🇵 nuke tests. These victims are still waiting for compensations. Nuclear Injustice.
Temporal #2: today, 🇺🇦 suffers from the unjust nuclear order and for the first time the humanitarian consequences of the stability-instability-paradox play out full scale in the very heart of Europe with millions of refugees and IDPs. Nuclear Injustice.
Temporal #3: future generations will have to live with the consequences of today's injustices, in the worst case of large-scale deterrence failure with the consequences of global nuclear fallout and winter. Nuclear Injustice basically outsources these costs to future generations.
Our article is a call to researchers, particularly NextGen, to adopt the Nuclear Injustice lense in order to expose the non-viability of the current order. Right now, the future looks like a mere repetition of the past. Let's change that!
Might be of interest to: @NinaTannenwald @alexanderkmentt @KennetteBene @derekjGZ @TomCollina @DarylGKimball @BeaFihn @RDavisGibbons @HerzogSM @alexbollfrass @russianforces @CarmenWunderlic @JanaBaldus @AlvamyrdalCNTR @ohnemax @NKnowledges @kjolvegeland @nktpnd
@franziskastaerk and I will be at the @carnegienpp Nuclear Policy Conference starting tomorrow. Just get in touch and tell us your opinion about Nuclear Injustice.
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