Date of Award

1-1-2012

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Degree Name

M.A.

Organizational Unit

Josef Korbel School of International Studies

First Advisor

Rachel Epstein, Ph.D.

Second Advisor

Thomas Drohan

Third Advisor

Ved Nanda

Fourth Advisor

Deborah Avant

Keywords

Nuclear weapons, Abolition, National security, Global zero

Abstract

This thesis examines the requirements for a world without nuclear weapons and the steps required for further reductions. It situates nuclear weapons within other weapons of mass destructions and outlines their dangers. Through the examples of the People's Republic of China, France, and the United States, the thesis explores the rationale behind state acquisition of nuclear weapons. The thesis combines the idealistic commitment of nuclear abolition movements with the national security realities of nuclear weapons states. It outlines the steps necessary for achieving a world without nuclear weapons through multiple stages, each with specific goals that have to be met before embarking on the next stage. The thesis posits that any meaningful exploration of a world without nuclear weapons can only be achieved through gradual generational change. Finally, it shows how a world without nuclear weapons would look like and the differing interpretations of global zero.

Publication Statement

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Rights Holder

Balazs Martonffy

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Format

application/pdf

Language

en

File Size

98 p.

Discipline

Political Science

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