The Doomsday Clock is an internationally recognized design that conveys how close we are to destroying our civilization with dangerous technologies of our own making. First and foremost among these are nuclear weapons, but the dangers include climate-changing technologies, emerging... Read More
Pervaiz, quien espera graduarse con una licenciatura en Política y Economía por Lahore University of Management Sciences en 2014, es una pasante regional para la India y Pakistán en Global Zero y es una ex participante de la Conferencia para Lideres Jóvenes de Pakistán.
In their first-round essays, all authors in this Roundtable analyzed the nonproliferation regime's strengths and shortcomings, and discussed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty's (NPT) prospects for future success.
This week the Associated Press reported that unnamed officials "from a country critical of Iran's nuclear program" leaked an illustration to demonstrate that "Iranian scientists have run computer simulations for a nuclear weapon that would produce more than triple the explosive force of the World War II bomb that destroyed Hiroshima." The article stated that these officials provided the undated diagram "to bolster their arguments that Iran's nuclear program must be halted."
The world lived for half a century with the constant specter of nuclear war and its potentially devastating consequences. The end of the Cold War took the potency out of this Armageddon scenario, yet the existential dangers have only multiplied.
No one is trying to argue that the present is the past. At the same time, it is fatuous to declare that history is irrelevant for contemporary policy choices, or for the interpretation of law. Law is decided by policy, and policy is often determined by experience.
As globalization progresses, the political order is undergoing increasing stress. Both international organizations and non-state actors are eroding the traditional concept of national sovereignty, challenging states' monopoly of power in the political, military, territorial, and legal realms.
Pervaiz, who expects to receive an undergraduate degree in politics and economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2014, is a Global Zero regional intern for India and Pakistan and a former participant in Pakistan's Young Leaders Conference.
Sazak received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from Turkey's Bilkent University in 2011 and will begin graduate studies in the United States as a Fulbright scholar in 2013. As an analyst on international security affairs, he has written articles and performed research for media outlets.
Shahraki has completed her coursework as a PhD candidate in global governance, conflict, and security at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Ontario, Canada.
Maryam Javan ShahrakiSelim Can SazakBeenish Pervaiz
In the 42 years since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force, much has changed in the world -- the Cold War has ended, the global number of nuclear weapons has decreased, yet the number of nuclear-armed states has increased.
