Courting controversy: international law, national norms and American nuclear use

Farrell, Theo; Lambert, Hélène

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“…The nuclear taboo likely receives widespread scholastic acceptance in part because of ideological preferences. Works such as Tannenwald (1999Tannenwald ( , 2005Tannenwald ( , 2007 and Farrell and Lambert (2001) demonstrate a clear normative desire for nuclear-zero. Prior scholastic works have assigned causal significance to normative factors, only to have subsequent research indicate material factors played a larger role than thought.…”

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The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo

Sherrill¹

2017

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Why have nuclear weapons not been used since 1945? Cold War studies of mutual deterrence have been challenged in recent years by constructivist notions of an evolutionary norm of nuclear non-use. Most famously characterized as the “nuclear taboo,” this argument asserts that the norm has become a constitutive component of civilized international society. Herein, I consider the underlying causal logic behind nuclear non-use, finding that it is more a product of rationalist security calculations (deterrence) and respect for the traditional norms of Just War Theory than it is an internalized redefinition of interest. With a new age of proliferation dawning, marked by both state and transnational actors who see value in shock for the sake of shock, I conclude that the norm of nuclear nonuse is under renewed threat.

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The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo

Sherrill¹

2017

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“…Norm-based analysis may prove relevant to other aspects of nuclear politics. Farrell and Lambert (2001) investigated the norms behind U.S. nuclear targeting; their approach, expanded, and updated, may be relevant to the cases of all other nuclear-armed states. The role of the CTBT and the IAEA in promoting nuclear-related norms, such as non-testing and civilian use, should also be interrogated: How effective have they been, and in what ways their work be strengthened?…”

Section: Norms and Global Nuclear Governance: Toward Future Research mentioning

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Nuclear norms in global governance: A progressive research agenda

Rublee

Cohen

2018

Contemporary Security Policy

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We argue that the framework of norms has generated a progressive research agenda in the field of global nuclear politics, providing important insights that traditional realist and materialist analyses ignore or dismiss. These insights are not on the margins of nuclear politics; rather, they answer central questions about nuclear non-use, possession, and the nonproliferation regime at large. These findings are not a fluke; instead, they stem from the powerful analytical framework of norms, which provides complexes of linked propositions about actor expectations and behavior in global nuclear politics. This article examines three of those propositions: the importance of the logic of appropriateness, the role of norm contestation, and the changes brought about by norm entrepreneurs. Finally, we identify other norms-related ideas that can further illuminate the dire policy crises facing global nuclear governance, as well as specific areas of nuclear politics that would benefit from norms-related scrutiny.Contemporary global nuclear politics face serious strains and major challenges. At the heart of those challenges are contesting normative claims about the legitimate exercise of state power, the (un)importance of treaty obligations, and even what "security" and "stability" mean. Without rejecting the utility of some realist, materialist, or quantitative analyses in untangling issues related to nuclear politics, we assert-in defiance of traditional wisdom-that ideas about appropriate conduct as well as justice and fairness are central to those challenges.In this introductory article to the special issue, we argue that the use of norms in understanding global nuclear governance provides a progressive, productive, and fast-growing research agenda to understand contemporary global nuclear politics, yielding an "overarching analytical framework that

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“…Constructivists recognize that the equation of deterrence with stability has become a global norm (Farrell and Lambert 2001). Second, a responsible state restricts the diffusion of nuclear technology, so that nuclear materials and know-how are out of reach of other states (and more importantly, non-state actors or terrorist groups).…”

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Branding India: Constructing a reputation for responsibility in the nuclear order

Sasikumar

2016

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Courting controversy: international law, national norms and American nuclear use

Cited by 16 publications

References 9 publications

The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo

The Myth of the Nuclear Taboo

Nuclear norms in global governance: A progressive research agenda

Branding India: Constructing a reputation for responsibility in the nuclear order

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