Title
Public Policy and Nuclear Disarmament
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Abstract
Only Belarus, Kazakhstan, South Africa, and Ukraine have completely surrendered nuclear weapons and then signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Although a declining security threat marks the decision-making process in all four countries, it is not clear advocates of disarmament understand the factors that caused the perception of a more cooperative security environment, and whether the lessons from those cases are applicable to the non-NPT nuclear weapons states. The literature lacks an analysis of the lessons learned from previous disarmament cases, but this study argues that the analysis cannot provide actionable, policy-relevant knowledge to further the cause of global disarmament.
DOI
http://doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2018.1486084
Recommended Citation
Stevens, C. A. (2018). Public policy and nuclear disarmament. Comparative Strategy, 37(3), 191-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/01495933.2018.1486084 Please note that the Recommended Citation may not be appropriate for your discipline. For help with other citation styles, please visit http://libguides.misericordia.edu/citationguide.