TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kmentt,Alexander
TI  - The treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons: how it was achieved and why it matters 
T2  - Routledge global security studies
SN  - 9780367531942
PY  - 2021///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - nuclear strategy
KW  - nuclear arms control
KW  - treaties
KW  - nuclear disarmament
KW  - negotiations
KW  - diplomacy
KW  - nonproliferation
KW  - nuclear weapons
KW  - TPNW
KW  - Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
N1  - SIP2305; Includes bibliographical references and index; The origins of the "humanitarian initiative" -- The game needs to change -- 2015 : the momentum gathers -- 2016 : achieving a negotiation mandate -- 2017 : negotiating the TPNW -- Human security, empowerment and challenging the nuclear status quo -- Countering the humanitarian initiative and the ban -- What does the TPNW represent and what is its impact -- Post scriptum : some final thoughts on constructive engagement and bridge building -- Annex I: Austrian pledge -- Annex II: Text of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
N2  - "This book chronicles the genesis of the negotiations that led to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which challenged the established nuclear order. The work provides readers with an authoritative account of the complex evolution of the 'Humanitarian Initiative' (HI) and the negotiation history of the TPNW. It includes a close analysis of internal strategy documents and communications in the author's possession which trace the tactical and political decisions of a small group of state actors. By demonstrating the unacceptable humanitarian consequences and uncontrollable risks that these weapons pose to everyone's security, the HI convinced many states to ban nuclear weapons and reject the policy of nuclear deterrence as unsustainable and illegitimate. As such, this book is a case-study of multilateral diplomacy and cooperation between state and civil society actors. It also contains a full discussion of both sides of the nuclear argument and assesses the extent to which the HI and the TPNW have moved the dial and present opportunities for transformational change. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation, diplomacy, global governance, and International Relations in general"--
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