Japan's PM pushes nuclear disarmament

[Estro Felino]

Well...this is the beginning a new era where war is absolutely prevented no matter the cost

 

[Stevicus]

Well...this is the beginning a new era where war is absolutely prevented no matter the cost

As long as the technology exists to build nuclear weapons, there will always be those who want them. There have been attempts to try to reduce the number of nuclear warheads which have had some success. The number of nuclear warheads has decreased.

 

[Estro Felino]

As long as the technology exists to build nuclear weapons, there will always be those who want them. There have been attempts to try to reduce the number of nuclear warheads which have had some success. The number of nuclear warheads has decreased.

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Very informative frubal

 

[Estro Felino]

Honestly I think that Japan, recalling what WW2 was like, repels the notion of war a priori.
No wonder the PM chose Hiroshima as seat for the G7.

 

[Mock Turtle]

A related article:

At Hiroshima, Leaders Should Choose to End All Nuclear Threats

At a meeting of the G7 nations this week in Hiroshima, the first city destroyed by the bomb, President Joe Biden and other leaders have a chance to begin addressing the long-standing problem of states threatening to use nuclear weapons. Russia’s nuclear threats of the past year in support of its invasion of Ukraine have flashed for all to see a core purpose of nuclear arsenals: coercion and intimidation. At this historic gathering, Biden and his counterparts need to act on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s proposal that the G7 “demonstrate a firm commitment to absolutely reject the threat or use of nuclear weapons.” To do so, the U.S. and its allies must acknowledge that any and all threats to use nuclear weapons, not just Russia’s, are unacceptable.

Oh, if this was actually possible, and if it isn't then we might be on the road to Hell - thanks Putin, and his Russian cronies.

Political scientist Richard Betts in his 1987 assessment of the cold war experience, Nuclear Blackmail and Nuclear Balance, observed, “the perception of whether a coercive threat represents legitimate deterrence or nasty blackmail is likely to depend on whether one is making the threat or facing it.

Well I'm sure that most of us know which Putin has been using.

In 2018, the U.N. Human Rights Committee concluded: “The threat or use of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, which are indiscriminate in effect and are of a nature to cause destruction of human life on a catastrophic scale, is incompatible with respect for the right to life and may amount to a crime under international law.” In June 2022, at their first meeting, TPNW states declared that “any use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is a violation of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations,” and condemned “unequivocally any and all nuclear threats, whether they be explicit or implicit and irrespective of the circumstances.” The scale of destruction implied by threats to use nuclear weapons is beyond any moral measure.

But just so convenient .. and hence exposes the morality of those making such threats - eyes on Putin - again!

 

[metis]

Well...this is the beginning a new era where war is absolutely prevented no matter the cost

It would be nice, but the superpowers will never likely agree to it. One of the consequences is history tells us it will happen again someday.