The Problem Of Prohibition On The Use Of Nuclear Weapons

Ayse Nur Tutuncu ()
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Ayse Nur Tutuncu: ‹stanbul University

Anadolu University Journal of Social Sciences, 2004, vol. 4, issue 2, 9-26

Abstract: As a result of United States’bombing of two Japanese cities in 1945, the Soviet Union, by setting fire of a weapon competition, became the second State which has developed nuclear weapons and has global interest in the nuclear division. The general nuclear weapons are not the only risk. The September 11th incident has been increased concerns about the world’s nuclear power stations and means that could be target of the terrorists. After the Second World War, an increasing trend of proliferation of nuclear weapons have led to negotiations on the control and restrictions that would be concluded with reduction of these weapons as number. There is a fairly widespread belief that nuclear deterrence helped to maintain peace over several decades. Moreover, the employment of nuclear weapons is now envisaged - at least by some nuclear powers - not only as a last resort, but also as a way to react to any attacks committed with chemical or biological or even conventional weapons. As long as the use of nuclear weapons has not been unreservedly prohibited, the efforts to create a nuclear-weapon-free world will remain useless. This article, considering existing restrictions and applicable law on the use of weapons, intends to determine what the future works are, in order to reach this aim eventually.

Keywords: Nuclear weapons; Nuclear deterrence; Legality; Disarmament; International Court of Justice; Conventional prohibitions Martens Clause. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: K33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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