Nuclear Arms Control in Crisis: Time for Asia–Pacific to Step Up
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Nuclear Arms Control in Crisis: Time for Asia–Pacific to Step Up

TODA PEACE INSTITUTE

APLN Senior Associate Fellows John Carlson and John Tilemann co-wrote a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute.

This policy brief documents the framework of agreements and arms control arrangements which have hitherto restrained actions of the nuclear powers. Since the end of the Cold War, political leaders and the public have become complacent about the danger of nuclear war. While the taboo against the use of nuclear weapons has held, the nuclear-armed states have ignored their moral and legal obligation to pursue nuclear arms reductions and disarmament. The policy brief concludes by suggesting actions that could be taken to revitalize and extend nuclear arms controls globally and regionally.

The original article can be accessed here.