CIAO DATE: 11/2012
October 2012
Centre for International Governance Innovation
There is, after the passage of five decades, a deep appreciation of how close the world came to Armageddon in 1962 during the Cuban missile crisis. In this policy brief, the authors contend that this close call is the prerequisite for moving towards zero nuclear weapons. Having immersed themselves in researching the Cuban missile crisis for 25 years, Blight and Lang argue that existing global governance mechanisms are more than capable of reaching zero nuclear weapons, if empowered to do so by the international community. The brief offers a number of policy recommendations for the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Resource link: Zero: The Surprising and Unambiguous Policy Relevance of the Cuban Missile Crisis [PDF] - 1.1M