| ID | 160984 |
| Title Proper | Nuclear babel |
| Other Title Information | narratives around the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Williams, Heather |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has been successful in starting new conversations about nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, many of those conversations are happening in silos with ban supporters and opponents talking past each other. Both sides of the debate often misrepresent one another, putting at risk cooperation within the global nuclear order and progress toward the 2020 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. To address these misperceptions, this article offers a bridge-building framework with steps for nuclear-weapon states, ban supporters, and regional and political coalitions. The framework is designed to be practical and to build trust following a heated and controversial debate around the ban treaty and its predecessor, the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons movement. The most important and timely of these efforts is for ban supporters and opponents to work together on risk reduction at a time of heightened geopolitical tensions with rising risks of misperception and inadvertent escalation. |
| `In' analytical Note | Nonproliferation Review Vol. 25, No.1-2; Feb-March 2018: p.51-63 |
| Journal Source | Nonproliferation Review Vol: 25 No 1-2 |
| Key Words | Nuclear Weapons ; Disarmament ; Diplomacy ; Nonproliferation ; Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |