Joseph A. Camilleri - The 2017 Nuclear Ban Treaty

Rising concern over the increasing threat of nuclear war impelled the 2017 United Nations (UN) negotiations and adoption by 122 UN member states of a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The Treaty seeks to ban nuclear weapons globally in the same way chemical and biological weapons have already been prohibited. This book provides the first in-depth comprehensive analysis of the implications and possibilities of the new treaty, drawing on the insights of international relations, international laws, and disarmament experts and specialists from Europe, America, the Asia-Pacific, and the UN. In a context where existing nuclear weapon states have so far declined to be party to the new treaty, the book examines not only its emergence and significance but also the prospects and possibilities for its implementation, the challenges associated with verifying the new agreement, the role of both civil society and governments, and the treatys wider implications in addressing regional and global nuclear threats.

This book was originally published as a special issue of Global Change, Peace & Security but additionally includes the special section articles on the treaty from the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament.

Joseph A. Camilleri Order of Australia Medal (OAM) is an Emeritus Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia, Canberra. He was the Founding Director of the Centre for Dialogue at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (20062012). He has authored some 20 books and over 100 book chapters and journal articles. His research has centred on security and peace studies, governance, international political economy, religion and culture, and the Asia-Pacific region. He is the Founder and Executive Director of Alexandria Agenda, Melbourne, Australia a new venture in ethical consulting, specialising in governance, diversity, and education.

Michael Hamel-Green is an Emeritus Professor and former Dean in the College of Arts and Education at Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia. His research has focused on regional nuclear-weapon-free zones, nuclear non-proliferation, and multilateral negotiations. He is a Co-Chair of the Panel on Peace and Security in Northeast Asia at Nagasaki Universitys Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA), Japan; the Chairperson of the Editorial Board of Global Change, Peace & Security; and the Board Chairperson of the Australian Living Peace Museum, Australia.

Fumihiko Yoshida is a Professor and the Vice Director of the RECNA at Nagasaki University, Japan. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament. He was the Deputy Director of the Editorial Board of the Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, Japan. He served as a member of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation for Japans Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, Japan. He has a PhD in International Public Policy from Osaka University, Japan (2007).

Edited by
Joseph A. Camilleri, Michael Hamel-Green and Fumihiko Yoshida

First published 2019
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The following chapters were originally published in Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

Obstacles to understanding the emergence and significance of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
John Borrie, Michael Spies and Wilfred Wan
Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018) pp. 95119

A light for all humanity: the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and the progress of humanitarian disarmament
Bonnie Docherty
Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018) pp. 163186

The diplomacy of resistance: power, hegemony and nuclear disarmament
Nick Ritchie and Kjlv Egeland
Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018) pp. 121141

Negotiating the UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons and the role of ICAN
Tilman Ruff
Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018) pp. 233241

Why youth and feminist activism matters: insights from anti-nuclear campaigns in practice
Lisa Carson
Global Change, Peace & Security, volume 30, issue 2 (June 2018) pp. 261269