Global Change Peace & Security · 2018 · 15 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesInternational LawInternational RelationsInternational SecurityPublic International LawSecurity StudiesNonproliferation PolicyNuclear DisarmamentNuclear Energy LawNuclear GovernanceNuclear NonproliferationNuclear Weapons PolicyNuclear Non-proliferation TreatyNuclear Nonproliferation LawNuclear Nonproliferation TreatyNuclear RegulationNuclear Security PolicyNuclear Weapons GovernanceNuclear Weapons ProliferationResource Divestment
The process to negotiate and adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has already had significant impacts on nuclear weapon law, politics, economics, and social and academic discourse. While the full range of effects of the nuclear ban is not yet known, economic divestment and changes to nuclear weapon discourse are well underway. This article examines how some of the expectations and hopes of the Treaty’s advocates are being fulfilled, and what else might be possible.