Steffek, Jens ; Kütt, Moritz (2015)
Comprehensive Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - an Emerging International Norm?
In: The Nonproliferation Review, 22 (3-4)
doi: 10.1080/10736700.2016.1157246
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

There have been calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons from the day they were invented. Over the last fifteen years, some indications can be found that such calls have been getting louder, among them Barack Obama's famous 2009 speech in Prague. In this article, we investigate if support for a comprehensive norm that would prohibit development, possession, and use of nuclear weapons is really growing. To assess the current status of that norm, we use the model of a “norm life cycle,” developed by Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink. We then analyze 6,545 diplomatic statements from the review process of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as well as from the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, covering the years 2000 to 2013. The evidence shows that a comprehensive prohibition can be considered an emerging international norm that finds growing support among states without nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon states alike. Only a core group of states invoke the norm consistently, however. This leads us to conclude that the “tipping point” of the life cycle, at which adherence to a new norm starts to spread rapidly, has yet to be reached.

Typ des Eintrags:	Artikel
Erschienen:	2015
Autor(en):	Steffek, Jens ; Kütt, Moritz
Art des Eintrags:	Bibliographie
Titel:	Comprehensive Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - an Emerging International Norm?
Sprache:	Englisch
Publikationsjahr:	2015
Verlag:	Taylor and Francis
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe:	The Nonproliferation Review
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift:	22
(Heft-)Nummer:	3-4
DOI:	10.1080/10736700.2016.1157246
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):	There have been calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons from the day they were invented. Over the last fifteen years, some indications can be found that such calls have been getting louder, among them Barack Obama's famous 2009 speech in Prague. In this article, we investigate if support for a comprehensive norm that would prohibit development, possession, and use of nuclear weapons is really growing. To assess the current status of that norm, we use the model of a “norm life cycle,” developed by Martha Finnemore and Kathryn Sikkink. We then analyze 6,545 diplomatic statements from the review process of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons as well as from the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, covering the years 2000 to 2013. The evidence shows that a comprehensive prohibition can be considered an emerging international norm that finds growing support among states without nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon states alike. Only a core group of states invoke the norm consistently, however. This leads us to conclude that the “tipping point” of the life cycle, at which adherence to a new norm starts to spread rapidly, has yet to be reached.
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e):	02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft 02 Fachbereich Gesellschafts- und Geschichtswissenschaften > Institut für Politikwissenschaft > Transnationales Regieren
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