At the Nuclear Precipice Catastrophe or Transformation [Hardcover]

This book examines the intersections between international law?and national policies, and nuclear proliferation?and?disarmament, offering?a way out if policy makers of leading countries can summon the vision and political will to move away from the nuclear precipice and?ensure humanity's future.Preface: The Human Right to a Nuclear Free World; M.Maguire Foreword: Illegal Under Any Circumstances Whatsoever;? D.Roche Introduction; R.Falk & D.Krieger PART I: AT THE NUCLEAR PRECIPICE Where We Stand: A Dialogue;? D.Krieger &? R.Falk Sleepwalking into Our Century of Last Opportunity; C.G.Weeramantry Still Standing at the Nuclear Precipice After All These Years: Why?;? J.Cabasso PART II: NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW Non-Proliferation Treaty Illusions and International?Lawlessness; R.Falk U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and International Law; T.Graham, Jr. The 'Inalienable Right' to Peaceful Nuclear Power: A Recipe for Chaos; A.Slater PART III: NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICY Rethinking U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy; M.D.Intriligator NATO Nuclear Weapons: The International Face of?U.S. Nuclear Policy; M.Martin Ending Nuclear Terrorism: By America and Others; D.Ellsberg Iranian Nuclear Policy; A.?.B?li Nuclear Dangers and the Challenge of a New Nuclear Policy; D.Krieger PART IV: A NEW DIRECTION Roadmaps to Disarmament: A Strategy for the Second Nuclear Era; W.Huntley Strengthening International Security through International Law: The Case of Nuclear, Missile and Space Weapons;? J.Scheffran Citizens and Elected Officials Uniting to Create a Nuclear Free World; P.Meidell PART V: STEPPING BACK FROM THE PRECIPICE The Inextricable Link Between Disarmament and Non-Proliferation; K.Annan Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe: Where Do We Go From Here?; M.ElBaradei Nuclear Weapons, War and the Discipline of?International Law; R.Falk Turning Away from the Nuclear Precipice; D.Krieger

Nuclear weapons are immoral. They are a crime against humanity. The political reality that nuclealó+