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Showing papers in "Global Change, Peace & Security in 2018"


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TL;DR: The humanitarian initiative for nuclear disarmament has challenged and transformed global nuclear politics as discussed by the authors, aiming at delegitimising nuclear weapons as acceptable instruments of statecraft, and the init...
Abstract: The humanitarian initiative for nuclear disarmament has challenged and transformed global nuclear politics. Aimed at delegitimising nuclear weapons as acceptable instruments of statecraft, the init...

47 citations


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TL;DR: The Doomsday Machine as mentioned in this paper provides an inside view of the "institutionalised madness" of the US nuclear war machine, arguing that unlike the fictional system featured in the film Dr. Strangelove, Ellsberg argues, th...
Abstract: The Doomsday Machine provides an inside view of the ‘institutionalised madness’1 of the US nuclear war machine. Unlike the fictional system featured in the film Dr. Strangelove, Ellsberg argues, th...

23 citations


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TL;DR: Although research has examined the Turkish agenda for Africa since 2002, few studies have considered Turkey's uniqueness compared to other extra-regional actors as mentioned in this paper, and this study is an attempt to analyze...
Abstract: Although research has examined the Turkish agenda for Africa since 2002, few studies have considered Turkey's uniqueness compared to other extra-regional actors. This study is an attempt to analyze...

20 citations


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TL;DR: Reframing nuclear weapons as a humanitarian issue revolutionized the diplomatic debate surrounding them, and in 2017, 122 countries adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TOPW) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Reframing nuclear weapons as a humanitarian issue revolutionised the diplomatic debate surrounding them, and in 2017, 122 countries adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ...

18 citations


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TL;DR: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is historic not only in its substance but also in the process of its development as mentioned in this paper, led by states free from nuclear weapons; based on humanitarian e...
Abstract: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is historic not only in its substance but in the process of its development. It was led by states free from nuclear weapons; based on humanitarian e...

15 citations


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TL;DR: The process to negotiate and adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has already had significant impacts on nuclear weapon law, politics, economics, and social and academic discourse as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The process to negotiate and adopt the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has already had significant impacts on nuclear weapon law, politics, economics, and social and academic discourse...

11 citations


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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an in-depth analysis of the Pakistan Studies Textbook for Secondary Classes used in government schools in Islamabad Capital Territory, and illustrate the specific ways the textbook contributes to the narrative of exclusion of some Pakistani students.
Abstract: This paper is intended to contribute to the widening literature on the complicated links between education, the state and violence. It also builds on previous analyses of Pakistan Studies textbooks, and utilises notions of citizenship to illuminate inequalities and the theoretical lens of cultural violence. To do this, I present an in-depth analysis of the Pakistan Studies Textbook for Secondary Classes used in government schools in Islamabad Capital Territory. This textbook analysis was conducted as part of a case study of one girls’ secondary school in 2014 which linked citizenship education to Galtung's 1990 violence triangle. I also demonstrate through classroom observations of the case study school the power that the textbook holds as the voice of authority in the classrooms in which it is used. The analysis is situated it in the broader historical context of the process of nation building. I illustrate the specific ways the textbook contributes to the narrative of exclusion of some Pakistani...

10 citations


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TL;DR: The authors examines the emergence of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from a critical perspective, including how and to what degree efforts to alter states' framing of nuclear war and nuclear war.
Abstract: This article examines the emergence of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons from a critical perspective, including how and to what degree efforts to alter states’ framing of nuclear ...

10 citations


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TL;DR: The authors investigates Greek Cypriot "discourses of resistance" to potential revisions of history textbooks as part of a wider peace education process, and concludes that changing history textbook is a difficult task.
Abstract: This article investigates Greek Cypriot ‘discourses of resistance’ to potential revisions of history textbooks as part of a wider peace education process. Although changing history textbook...

10 citations


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TL;DR: This article tried to exemplify it through the analysis of three issue areas at three levels (international, domes, and domestic) at three different levels (i.e., international, domestic, and domes).
Abstract: Japan’s kyōkasho mondai (history textbook controversy) is at a crossroads. This article tries to exemplify it through the analysis of three issue areas at three levels (international, domes...

10 citations


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TL;DR: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons calls for states to meet regularly to consider measures for the verified, time-bound and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapon programs as discussed by the authors, which is the basis for our work.
Abstract: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons calls for states to meet regularly to consider measures for the verified, time-bound and irreversible elimination of nuclear weapon programs...

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors claim a more prominent role for the analysis of school textbooks when studying peace and conflict, and claim that school textbooks can contrive to contrive conflict.
Abstract: The aim of this article, and of the special issue it introduces, is to claim a more prominent role for the analysis of school textbooks when studying peace and conflict. School textbooks can contri...

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TL;DR: For a long time, truth commissions have been seen as a suitable and convenient way to address past atrocities as mentioned in this paper. However, many of these commissions upset and discredit influential politicians while c...
Abstract: For a long time, truth commissions have been seen as a suitable and convenient way to address past atrocities. However, many of these commissions upset and discredit influential politicians while c...

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Rasmus Karlsson1
TL;DR: A key part of the ecomodern discourse of a "Good Anthropocene" is the vision of a 'high-energy planet' characterized by universal access to modern energy Recognizing the crucial historical role of humans in the development of modern energy.
Abstract: A key part of the ecomodern discourse of a 'Good Anthropocene' is the vision of a 'high-energy planet' characterized by universal access to modern energy Recognizing the crucial historical role th

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TL;DR: Focusing on Sri Lanka, the authors complements existing research on the adoption of global norms and discourses around peace education by illuminating the tensions between global and local demands in Sri Lanka.
Abstract: Focusing on Sri Lanka, this article complements existing research on the adoption of global norms and discourses around peace education by illuminating the tensions between global and local demands...

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TL;DR: Transitional justice and education have recently evolved into key areas of concern in processes of recovery undergone by societies emerging from violent conflict as mentioned in this paper, and they are referred to as transitional justice (TJ) and education (ED).
Abstract: Transitional justice (TJ) and education have recently evolved into key areas of concern in processes of recovery undergone by societies emerging from violent conflict. Referencing the particular ca...

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TL;DR: Verification plays an important role in the transformation towards a NWFW to diminish the role of nuclear weapons in a hostile environment where uncertainties are seen as threatening and establish a viable international security landscape based on cooperation and trust.
Abstract: The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons presents complex challenges, including issues of verification and security. Verifying the transformation to a nuclear-weapon-...

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TL;DR: The 2017 Nuclear Weapon Prohibition Treaty preamble reaffirmed the role of regional nuclear weapon free zones (NWFZs) in enhancing regional peace and security and in contributing to wider n...
Abstract: The 2017 Nuclear Weapon Prohibition Treaty preamble reaffirmed the role of regional nuclear weapon free zones (NWFZs) in enhancing regional peace and security and in contributing to wider n...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore inferences of the relationship between rising powers and established powers and their implications in peacebuilding and security, and explore the implications of these inferences in existing literature.
Abstract: Interactions of rising powers and established powers and their implications in peacebuilding and security remain underexplored in existing literature. This paper aims to explore inferences of the b...

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore the problem of attribution in the context of R2P intervention through an analysis of the Syrian chemical weapons attack of 2013 and show that the sort of independent evidence that would ideally legitimize an intervention was unavailable when there was political momentum for action.
Abstract: This article explores the problem of attribution in the context of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) intervention through an analysis of the Syrian chemical weapons attack of 2013. We argue that R2P advocates can be confronted by a crisis dynamic where the political momentum for military intervention runs ahead of independent verification and attribution of mass atrocity crimes. We contrast the political momentum for intervention with the technical process of independent attribution and show that the sort of independent evidence that would ideally legitimize an R2P intervention was unavailable when there was political momentum for action. Conversely, the information that was available (which inevitably informed the political momentum for action) was largely produced by state intelligence organizations - or a potentially briefed media - and shaped by the interests and priorities of its end users. While understandable in the face of the 'extreme', we suggest that the mobilization of political momentum by R2P advocates entails significant dangers: first, it risks undermining the integrity of R2P if evidence is later discredited and second, it risks amplifying the perception that states sometimes exploit humanitarian pretexts in pursuit of other strategic ends.

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TL;DR: A special issue devoted to the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons should come as no surprise as discussed by the authors, but the issue is belatedly resurfacing in politi......
Abstract: That Global Change, Peace and Security should be devoting a special issue to the existential threat posed by nuclear weapons should come as no surprise. The issue is belatedly resurfacing in politi...

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TL;DR: The authors made a simple claim that states that lack the capacity to go to war are not a major threat to international security and argued that states with state capacity can be trusted to defend themselves.
Abstract: In recent decades, a lack of state capacity has been seen as a major threat to international security. This article disagrees by making a simple claim: states that lack the capacity to go to war co...

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TL;DR: The adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July 2017 was a major event in the history of seven decades of policies and campaigns for non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament.
Abstract: Adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in July 2017 was a major event in the history of seven decades of policies and campaigns for non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament. ...

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TL;DR: In the past decade, there has been a paradigm shift in the debate about Britain's nuclear weapons system, Trident, and the question of whether or not to replace the system, raised in 2006 by then-pri...
Abstract: Over the past decade, there has been a paradigm shift in the debate about Britain's nuclear weapons system, Trident. The question of whether or not to replace the system, raised in 2006 by then-pri...

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TL;DR: The year 2017 will go down in history as a key turning point in anti-nuclear activism as mentioned in this paper and the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN and a ban treaty was adopted by an overwhelming majority of countries.
Abstract: The year 2017 will go down in history as a key turning point in anti-nuclear activism. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to ICAN and a ban treaty was adopted by an overwhelming majority of ...