At the Nuclear Precipice Catastrophe or Transformation?

by Falk, Richard; Krieger, David

• ISBN13: 9780230609044
• ISBN10: 023060904X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book focuses on an even more urgent and "inconvenient truth" than global warming. At the nuclear precipice, humanity's choices are catastrophe or transformation. This book explores the present nuclear predicament, and how to step away from the precipice and assure humanity's future. It examines the intersections between international law and national policies; and between nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism and nuclear disarmament. The book offers a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move in a new direction.

Author Biography

Richard Falk is Milbank Professor of International Law Emeritus at Princeton University and for the last six years has been a visiting professor at the Santa Barbara campus of the University of California. He is Chair of the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and author of several books.

 

David Krieger is a founder of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and has served as President of the Foundation since 1982.  He has lectured throughout the United States, Europe and Asia on issues of peace, security, international law, and the abolition of nuclear weapons.  He is a councilor of the World Future Council and chair of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Acronyms	p. xiii
Foreword: Illegal in Any Circumstances Whatsoever	p. xv
Preface: The Human Right to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World Mairead Corrigan Maguire	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
At the Nuclear Precipice
Sleepwalking Into Our Century of Last Opportunity	p. 15
Still Standing at the Nuclear Precipice after All These Years: Why?	p. 29
Nuclear Weapons and International Law
Non-Proliferation Treaty Illusions and International Lawlessness	p. 39
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and International Law	p. 49
The "Inalienable Right" to Peaceful Nuclear Power: A Recipe for Chaos	p. 57
Nuclear Weapons Policy
Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy	p. 67
NATO Nuclear Weapons: The International Face of U.S. Nuclear Policy	p. 77
Ending Nuclear Terrorism: By America and Others	p. 83
At the Nuclear Precipice: Iran	p. 97
Nuclear Dangers and Challenges to a New Nuclear Policy	p. 161
A New Direction
Roadmaps to Disarmament: A Strategy for the Second Nuclear Era	p. 171
Strengthening International Security through International Law	p. 185
Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe: Where Do We Go from Here?	p. 209
Stepping Back from the Precipice
Turning Away from the Nuclear Precipice	p. 217
Nuclear Weapons, War, and the Discipline of International Law	p. 225
Where We Stand: A Dialogue	p. 235
Appendices
The Russell-Einstein Manifesto Issued in London, 9 July 1955	p. 249
Abolition 2000 Statement	p. 253
The Rome Declaration of Nobel Peace Laureates-The 7th World Summit of Nobel Laureates, November 19, 2006	p. 255
Nagasaki Appeal 2006, October 23, 2006	p. 259
Lecture at Princeton University, November 28, 2006	p. 263
The Power of Place-Citizens and Elected Officials Uniting to Create a Nuclear Weapon-Free World	p. 269
Suggested Reading	p. 281
List of Contributors	p. 283
Index	p. 287
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