The Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Transformational Reframing of the Global Nuclear Order

The Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Transformational Reframing of the Global Nuclear Order (2022), edited by Ramesh Thakur and published by Routledge, takes its contents from previously published Policy Briefs and Global Outlook articles, which describe, discuss, and evaluate the normative reframing brought about by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (the Ban Treaty). The book’s contributors are leading experts on the Ban Treaty, including senior scholars, policymakers and civil society activists.

The original publications are available on the Toda Peace Institute website. Each chapter in the book has been published in its original form, except where minor editing was required for sense, given the passage of time since first publication.

Below is a list of the chapters in the volume, with links to the original publications on the Toda Peace Institute website.

The published volume is introduced and concluded with new chapters from the Editor, Ramesh Thakur, which are not available here.

Chapter	Title	Author
1	The Humanitarian Initiative and the TPNW	Alexander Kmentt
2	Cooperation or conflict? Walking the tightrope of NPT and Ban Treaty supporters	Angela Kane
3	Towards a nuclear restraint regime: From a normative Ban Treaty to a substantive agenda	Manpreet Sethi
4	Does the TPNW contradict or undermine the NPT?	Tariq Rauf
5	Harmonising the NPT and Ban Treaty in nuclear risk reduction measures	Rakesh Sood
6	How many intensive care beds will a nuclear weapon explosion require?	Tom Sauer & Ramesh Thakur
7	On creating the TPNW verification system	Thomas E. Shea
8	Nuclear prohibition: The long night’s journey into day	Joseph Camilleri
9	The power of a ban: Outlawing nuclear weapons practices	Joelien Pretorius
10	Sovereignty as responsibility and the Ban Treaty	Ramesh Thakur
11	Unhinged leaders and nuclear weapons: It’s time to act	Tanya Ogilvie-White
12	The TPNW: Russia’s perspectives	Vladimir Baranovsky
13	NATO allies, don’t dismiss the TPNW	Tom Sauer
14	Disarming the unarmed: Current reality of the nuclear Ban Treaty	Manpreet Sethi
15	How nuclear-dependent states could respond to the entry into force of the Ban Treaty	Alexander Kmentt
16	Folding the Umbrella: Nuclear allies, the NPT and the Ban Treaty	Paul Meyer
17	The Nuclear umbrella revisited	Sverre Lodgaard
18	The Nuclear Ban Treaty is a fact	Jorge Hersschens
19	Banning nuclear weapons: A role for Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium?	Moritz Kütt, Jan Hoekama & Tom Sauer
20	In subtle diplomatic move, Canada ceases its opposition to Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty	Douglas Roche
21	Latin America and quest for nuclear abolition: From the Treaty of Tlatelolco to the Ban Treaty	Cesar Jaramillo
22	Engaging the nuclear-armed states in the TPNW disarmament process	Thomas E. Shea
23	Don’t mention the ban: Australia’s evasion of the TPNW	Gem Romuld
24	Setting new priorities: The EU shifts from civil peace and development projects to military policies	Herbert Wulf
25	Advancing the TPNW	Tilman Ruff
26	Will nuclear states accept post-use responsibility? If not, why not?	George Perkovich
27	Mobilising the world behind the nuclear weapons Ban Treaty	Ramesh Thakur
28	Verifying the elimination of nuclear weapons and providing assurance against breakout	John Carlson
29	Exploring new approaches to arms control in the 21st century: Lessons from the INF Treaty and Presidential Nuclear Initiatives	Hugh Miall
30	World order and arms control	David Holloway
31	The future of nuclear arms control: Time for an update	Angela Kane & Noah Mayhew
32	Arms control and world order	Sverre Lodgaard