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Full nuclear disarmament is desirable
All nuclear weapons of all states should be eliminated.
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Nuclear Politics
Nuclear Politics☜Since the Trinity test in New Mexico in 1945, Russia, the UK, France and China have joined the US as nuclear weapon states—with India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea also thought to possess a nuclear weapons capability. Help us map the issues around civil and military nuclear proliferation.☜F1CEB7
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Nuclear challenges for the international community?
Nuclear challenges for the international community?☜What are the key challenges for the international community with respect to nuclear proliferation? And how can the international community respond effectively to those challenges?☜FFB597
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Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament☜The international community needs to make progress towards the goal of nuclear disarmament—and, eventually, persuade all of the existing nuclear weapon states give up their weapons.☜59C6EF
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Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?
Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?☜Is full nuclear disarmament a wise goal for the international community to pursue? ☜FFB597
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Full nuclear disarmament is desirable
Full nuclear disarmament is desirable☜All nuclear weapons of all states should be eliminated.☜59C6EF
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Full nuclear disarmament is only desirable under certain conditions
Full nuclear disarmament is only desirable under certain conditions☜The total elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide is a good idea only if a number of demanding conditions are met. When these conditions do not apply, full nuclear disarmament is not desirable.☜9FDEF6
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Non-proliferation Treaty predicated on progress to abolition
Non-proliferation Treaty predicated on progress to abolition☜The non-proliferation framework is predicated on the credible pursuit of disarmament by the existing nuclear-weapon states☜98CE71
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Reduces the risk that nuclear weapons will be used
Reduces the risk that nuclear weapons will be used☜Full disarmament eliminates—or, at the very least, significantly reduces—the risk that nuclear weapons will be used.☜98CE71
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Nuclear weapons serve no useful purpose
Nuclear weapons serve no useful purpose☜☜98CE71
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Probability of catastrophic use is greater than zero
Probability of catastrophic use is greater than zero☜If the consequences of the failure of a system would be infinitely destructive to a civilisation, it is reasonable for that civilisation to use that system if and only if the probability of its failure is zero. The chance of nuclear war is greater than zero. Therefore we must abolish these weapons.☜98CE71
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True security flows from cooperative humanitarian engagement
True security flows from cooperative humanitarian engagement☜True security flows from cooperative humanitarian engagement not nuclear deterrence.☜98CE71
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Full nuclear disarmament reinforces US conventional superiority
Full nuclear disarmament reinforces US conventional superiority☜Full nuclear disarmament means that American conventional predominance becomes more pronounced.☜EF597B
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A NWC would would make the world safer
A NWC would would make the world safer☜Legislating against nuclear weapons would make the world a safer place.☜FFFACD
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Grounds for progressive support for the New START Treaty?
Grounds for progressive support for the New START Treaty?☜☜FFFACD
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Nuclear weapons raise the threshold for war, but not 100%
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Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe
Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe☜The process and result of full nuclear disarmament makes for a world that is less stable than the current one.☜FFFACD
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China
China☜China has both a civilian and military nuclear capability.☜FFFACD
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United Kingdom☜The United Kingdom is one of the states that possesses both a civilian and military nuclear capability.☜FFFACD
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United States
United States☜The United States has both a civilian and military nuclear capability.☜FFFACD
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Credible pursuit of full disarmament is desirable
Credible pursuit of full disarmament is desirable☜Whether or not full nuclear disarmament is desirable, espoused and credible pursuit of full disarmament by the existing nuclear weapons states is desirable.☜59C6EF
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Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable
Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable☜The full elimination of all nuclear weapons is not a desirable goal.☜59C6EF
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Further horizontal nuclear proliferation is desirable
Further horizontal nuclear proliferation is desirable☜☜59C6EF
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Only partial nuclear disarmament is desirable
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