Written by Joseph Gerson*
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has received the last ratifications needed to put the Treaty into force. With the milestone of 50 ratifications having been achieved, the next critical step will be winning the signing and ratification by one or more of the nuclear weapons umbrella states, a European NATO member or one of the newly christened, “quad”, envisioned as an Asia-Pacific NATO: Japan, Australia and India. (The U.S. being the fourth member of the quad.) Continue reading “The Promise of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”