Nuclear Disarmament
All articles in Nuclear Disarmament
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Ukraine: the cradle of our nuclear concern
World Federalist Movement · April 2022
Chernobyl’s nuclear legacy resurfaces as Russia attacks Ukraine’s reactors. The UN’s coordinated response highlights global governance needs.
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Mondial Fall 2021: Obituary of Simon Rosenblum
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2021
Simon Rosenblum, longtime WFM-Canada board member, dies at 69. His work on nuclear disarmament and global governance shaped Canadian peace policy.
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Listen to the People: No One Wants Nuclear War
Young World Federalists · May 2021
Most people, including 73% of Americans and 63% of Russians, favour eliminating nuclear weapons, yet governments stay locked in a security dilemma that rewards building more. A binding world parliament could close the gap between public will and state policy.
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It’s Time for a Nuclear-weapon-free Northeast Asia
World Federalist Movement · May 2021
Northeast Asia has been in a state of war since 1945. A treaty among Japan and the two Koreas, guaranteed by the US, China and Russia, would create a nuclear-weapon-free zone, and a coalition modelled on the one for the International Criminal Court could drive it.
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Mondial Spring 2021: WFMC President Walter Dorn appears before Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs
World Federalist Movement – Canada · March 2021
Walter Dorn urges Canada to sign the treaty banning nuclear weapons, having joined the chemical and biological bans, and suggests the World Health Organization be given the OPCW’s any-time inspection powers.
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Albert Einstein from Pacifism to the Idea of World Government
June 2020
Einstein’s exchange with Freud on abolishing war, his open letters to the UN General Assembly and his note to Roosevelt trace a mind moving from pacifism toward federation.
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The Other Threat to Our Species
December 2019
The article warns that the risk of nuclear conflagration is an existential crisis that must be addressed alongside global warming concerns. It argues that the world must move beyond the nuclear threat through treaty-based frameworks and cease the dangerous arms race driven by major powers.
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Proposal: A Comprehensive Approach to a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone
December 2019
Japan, both Koreas and the three nuclear powers around them could build a nuclear weapon-free zone as one part of a wider peace settlement with North Korea. World federalists should put the plan on the agenda of their 2020 Congress.
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In Memoriam: Takeshi Akune
June 2019
Takeshi Akune’s most recent campaign, a petition against land reclamation at Henoko, Okinawa, drew over 210,000 signatures, including that of Queen guitarist Brian May.
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Remembering Kofi Annan
World Federalist Movement – Canada · August 2018
Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary-General, is remembered for his UN reforms and advocacy for global governance. His legacy includes peacekeeping, Responsibility to Protect, and nuclear disarmament efforts.
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Canada should support “No First Use” of nuclear weapons
World Federalist Movement – Canada · July 2018
Holding the option to launch a nuclear attack before being attacked fuels an arms race no one can win. Canada should press NATO to keep its arsenal for deterring nuclear attack only and to remove US bombs from host states, opening the way to join the ban treaty.
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No New Nukes
World Federalist Movement – Canada · December 2016
Simon Rosenblum doubts that abolition can stop nuclear modernization and urges a campaign for no first use, backed by public opinion, as the way to shrink arsenals and end launch on warning.
