Benoît Pelopidas of SciencesPO offers some sound advice on inquiries into nuclear disarmament.

"Nuclear injustice: Suggestions in support of a research agenda"

"First, it overstates the stabilizing effects of possessing nuclear weapons and the sustainability of a nuclear-armed world by misattributing the absence of unwanted nuclear explosions so far to the success of (control) practices of nuclear deterrence only while factors independent from those control practices or the failures of such control practices (i.e., luck) have been demonstrated to be necessary to avoid catastrophe in key episodes of global nuclear history. Second, their approach similarly assumes that possessing nuclear weapons has been peace-inducive for the possessors"

@nuclearhumanities @sts #nuclear #nuclearweapons #nuclearpolicy #nucleardisarmament #ColdWar #LongPeace

https://thebulletin.org/2023/02/nuclear-injustice-suggestions-in-support-of-a-research-agenda/

@sheepchase @carolw

It makes sense when you view the UN as what it really is.

The goal of the #UN isn't to constrain anybody, to enact any global policy, or really accomplish much of anything.

Prior to the UN, Great Power Wars were largely caused by accident. Somebody trying to make a dramatic point accidentally triggers 200k deaths.

The UN exists for outlets of those, and transparent communications. The #LongPeace is a testament to its success.