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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, politicians, intellectuals, and the public in East and West were confident that nuclear weapons would soon become obsolete, and global nuclear disarmament would just be a few years away. However, the hopes of that time did not materialize. Nuclear weapons still play a role in current international affairs, and they are unlikely to disappear soon. A 2018 study concluded that “nuclear weapons are on the centerstage of international politics” (Erästö/Cronberg 2018:1). On the other side, in 2017 numerous states met in New York to vote in favour of a nuclear ban treaty to abolish nuclear weapons and to outlaw them. This ban treaty entered into force in 2021.
This seminar will take the dualism between arms races and the strive for disarmament as a starting point to address various problems of nuclear weapons, and global (in)security. This course will cover the “nuclear basics”, and provide some insight of how these weapons work. We will also look at theoretical and conceptual approaches to “all things nuclear”. What are the determinants of nuclear proliferation and disarmament? What is arms control? What means “non-proliferation”? In order to give a complete picture, we will engage in ethical and legal debates regarding nuclear weapons.
A second goal is to provide a deeper understanding and explanation of why states build nuclear weapons, and why they did choose certain nuclear strategies. Thirdly, this seminar will analyse the instruments and strategies to curb the spread of nuclear weapons. We will look at the global regime to control proliferation and to achieve disarmament. At the end of this course, the participants will address future trends and developments. |
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