Deconstructing the Struggle Against Nuclearism

• Authors: Richard A. Falk

Abstracts

EN

In such a complex and uncertain world, it may help to think like a Hindu, and accept contradiction as more in keeping with social and political reality than is finding a right answer to complex policy puzzles. What is almost impossible for those trained within Western frames of reference is to grasp that there are diverse perspectives of understanding that may result in seemingly contradictory recommendations despite shared values and goals. Civilizational perspectives and personal experience inevitably color what we feel, think, and do, and so being likeminded when it comes abolishingnuclear weapons is often coupled with somewhat divergent views on what to advocate when it comes to tactics and priorities.In this spirit, this paper tries to depict a set of reasons why the goal of nuclear disarmament will never be reached so long as arms control and nonproliferation of nuclear weaponry are seen as the pillars of global stability in the nuclear age.

Keywords

EN

nuclear weapon; nuclear disarmament; United Nations; international law

• Publisher: Academicus. International Scientific Journal publishing house
• Journal: Academicus. International Scientific Journal
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 13
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 11-23

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Richard A. Falk

• Princeton University, USA

• https://orcid.org/0000000176744872

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Identifiers

DOI

10.7336/academicus.2022.25.01

Biblioteka Nauki

1965942