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Nuclear Taboo
The "nuclear taboo" refers to the claimed international norm against the use of nuclear weapons. The existence of such a taboo has wide support, but not consensus, among experts. The taboo entails that a shared understanding exists of the illegitimacy and immorality of using nuclear weapons. It purports to explain nuclear nonuse since the end of World War II. As an explanation for nuclear nonuse, it stands in contrast to rationalist deterrence theory logics for why states do not use nuclear weapons (such as mutually assured destruction) and social theories about the unwillingness to use nuclear weapons because use violates international law. Definitions The concept of a "nuclear taboo" was popularised by the academic Nina Tannenwald, who wrote an influential journal article on the concept in 1999. She defined the nuclear taboo in 2005 as "a de facto prohibition against the first use of nuclear weapons". Tannenwald remains among the most prominent advocates for the existence of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-nuclear Weapons Protest, UK 1980
The Anti-nuclear war movement is a social movement that opposes various nuclear technologies. Some direct action groups, environmental movements, and professional organisations have identified themselves with the movement at the local, national, or international level.Fox ButterfieldProfessional Groups Flocking to Antinuclear Drive, ''The New York Times'', 27 March 1982. Major anti-nuclear groups include Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Peace Action, Seneca Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace and Justice and the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. The initial objective of the movement was nuclear disarmament, though since the late 1960s opposition has included the use of nuclear power. Many anti-nuclear groups oppose both nuclear power and nuclear weapons. The formation of green parties in the 1970s and 1980s was often a direct result of anti-nuclear politics.John Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
