A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World

SIR MICHAEL ATUYAH President of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs GENERAL SIR HUGH BEACH Vice Chairman, Council for Arms Control, London BRUCE BLAIR Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. TOM B. COCHRAN Director of the Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington D.C. DAVID FISCHER Official Historian, International Atomic Energy Agency RAYMOND L. GARTHOFF Historian and Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C. RICHARD L. GARWIN IBM Emeritus Fellow, Thomas J.Watson Research Centre, New York JOZEF GOLDBLAT Vice President, Geneva International Peace Research Institute and Consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research JOHN P. HOLDREN Director, Program on Science, Technology, and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University SVERRE LODGAARD Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs YURI K. NAZARKIN Geneva Centre for Security Policy ALEXANDER NIKITIN Director, Centre for Political and International Studies, Moscow GEORGE RATHJENS Secretary-General of Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs BHALCHANDRA UDGAONKAR Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education

International nuclear disarmament is at a standstill. A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World discusses steps that should be taken to restart the disarmament process, including de-alerting nuclear weapons, ending production of fissile material, and introducing policies of 'no first use'.International nuclear disarmament is at a standstill. A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World discusses steps that should be taken to restart the disarmament process, including de-alerting nuclear weapons, ending production of fissile material, and introducing policies of 'no first use'. The book includes a history of attempts to eliminate nuclear weapons, together with a summary of the arguments for and against; an analysis of whether nuclear weapons prevented a war in Europe between 1945 and 1991; and a worldwide survey of public opinion on nuclear weapons.