The US Initiative on Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament

The purpose of this paper is to examine and critically evaluate a new US initiative called Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND), which was launched in 2018. CEND's main argument is that in order to achieve nuclear disarmament it is necessary to improve the international securi...

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Published in:Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. 283 - 298
Main Author: Kurosawa, Mitsuru
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 02.07.2020
Informa UK Limited
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects:
CEND
International relations
JZ2-6530
nuclear disarmament
Nuclear engineering. Atomic power
nuclear non-proliferation
Nuclear weapons
security environment
TK9001-9401
ISSN:2575-1654, 2575-1654
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Summary:The purpose of this paper is to examine and critically evaluate a new US initiative called Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND), which was launched in 2018. CEND's main argument is that in order to achieve nuclear disarmament it is necessary to improve the international security environment considering a geopolitical point of view. The research question here is "Is CEND useful for promoting nuclear disarmament or for providing a pretext for not working for nuclear disarmament?" First, this paper will introduce the US proposals on this initiative to understand clearly and precisely its contents and intentions, and then survey the argument at the Preparatory Committee for the NPT Review Conference in 2019 to understand well the arguments for and against the new initiative. In the third section, two meetings for the CEND held in 2019 will be introduced. The fourth section will precisely analyze the contents of CEND's arguments using the following four criteria: (i) the relationship between nuclear disarmament and security; (ii) the relationship between nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation; (iii) the abandonment of the step-by-step approach; and, (iv) the abandonment of the undertakings of the previous NPT review conferences. The fifth section will consist of an evaluation of the contents of the new initiative by some experts. Finally, this paper will conclude with a critical analysis of the initiative and recommend pursuing nuclear disarmament and security simultaneously.
ISSN:2575-1654
2575-1654
DOI:10.1080/25751654.2020.1834802