NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND THE NEW WORLD ORDER: WHAT ROLE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW?

Abstract

The article discusses the role of international law in nuclear proliferation and the new world order. It adopts a doctrinal approach hinged on tracing: international laws of nuclear proliferation, current world order, and the role of international law by making insightful consideration on the need for a global framework for responsible nuclear conduct, arms control and disarmament, realistic enough to gain traction while capturing the aspiration of a world free of nuclear dangers, that is at least as strong as 60 years ago, when arms control was first introduced. The article reveals that on the way to a new world order, we do not yet know, disorder is the near normal. It therefore recommends that unless there is a change of security thinking in the United States – the leading military power – nuclear arms control and disarmament has a bleak future.