nuclear disarmament
Ending atomic arsenals
Nuclear disarmament is the reduction or elimination of nuclear weapons, whether by treaty, unilateral action, or negotiated agreement between nations.
The term appears in discussions of arms control and international security: advocates of nuclear disarmament, bilateral nuclear disarmament talks.
Complete nuclear disarmament remains a stated goal of various treaties and movements, though no nuclear-armed state has fully achieved it.
Removal of atomic weapons
- reductionMaking something smaller
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
- dismantlementAct of taking apart
verification · inspections · safeguards · moratorium · cessation · compliance · rollback · drawdown
Explosive missile components
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
- bombsExplosive munitions dropped
- atomicOf elemental particles
- stockpileAccumulated reserve supply
ICBMs · submarine-launched · fissile · plutonium · uranium · enrichment · centrifuge · arsenal
Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
- Nobel Peace PrizeHonor for advancing harmony
advocacy · abolition · grassroots · petition · rally
Nuclear disarmament agreement
- SALTNuclear arms control negotiations
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
- bilateralInvolving two parties
multilateral · Geneva · protocols · negotiations · summit · accord · framework · implementation
Prevention via threatened consequences
- mutual assured destructionReciprocal annihilation prevents war
- MADMutual annihilation doctrine
- first strikeInitiating combat unprovoked
- second strikeResponse to initial attack
counterproliferation · missile defense · escalation · brinkmanship · credibility · balance of power
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
unilateral · bilateral · detente · rapprochement · confidence-building · dialogue · envoy · mediation
denuclearization
Removal of atomic weapons
- reductionMaking something smaller
- eliminationAct of removing entirely
- decommissioningWithdrawing from active service
dismantlement · verification · inspections · safeguards · moratorium · cessation · compliance · rollback · drawdown · phase-out
warheads
Explosive missile components
stockpile · ICBMs · submarine-launched · fissile · plutonium · uranium · enrichment · centrifuge · arsenal · megatons
peace movement
Campaign advocating nonviolent resolution
- protestsPublic expressions of opposition
- HiroshimaFirst nuclear-struck city
- NagasakiSecond city bombed atomically
Nobel Peace Prize · advocacy · abolition · grassroots · petition · rally
START
Nuclear disarmament agreement
- SALTNuclear arms control negotiations
- ratificationFormal approval by authority
- signatoriesThose who signed officially
bilateral · multilateral · Geneva · protocols · negotiations · summit · accord · framework · implementation · amendment
deterrence
Prevention via threatened consequences
- mutual assured destructionReciprocal annihilation prevents war
- MADMutual annihilation doctrine
- first strikeInitiating combat unprovoked
second strike · counterproliferation · missile defense · escalation · brinkmanship · credibility · balance of power
negotiations
Formal discussion seeking agreement
- sanctionsPunitive international restrictions
- embargoOfficial prohibition on trade
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
multilateral · unilateral · bilateral · detente · rapprochement · confidence-building · dialogue · envoy · mediation · concessions
- peacepeace, peaceful, peacefully, peace sign, peace symbol
- Nuclearatomic bomb, atomic bombs, uranium, reactors, fission
- nonviolencenonviolence, pacifism, harmlessness, nonviolent, peaceful
- Post-Cold WarUSSR dissolution, Soviet collapse, German reunification, Eastern Bloc, Boris Yeltsin
- Ukraine HistoryCossacks, Holodomor, Chernobyl, Orange Revolution, Cossack Hetmanate
- peace symbolspeace sign, olive branch, peace dove, dove, white dove
nuclear disarmamentnuclear proliferation
Weapons capability spreading internationally
arms race · nuclearization · Manhattan Project · militarization
nuclear disarmamentnuclear deterrence
Preventing war through retaliation threat
mutually assured destruction · nuclear brinkmanship · nuclear umbrella · nuclear posturing · warmongering
nuclear, unarmed, disarming, disarmed, armament, disarmament, armaments, nucleate, nuclide