Is Disarmament Feasible?
of the desire of a world free of nuclear weapons; this desire is being pushed along by many forces, the most notable being President Obama. However, the question of feasibility arises, especially within the near future. Some experts seen global elimination of nuclear weapons in the near future. In his article, “Ban the Bomb. Really,” Michael Krepon, of the Henry L. Stimson Center, advocates that we are riding the fourth “wave” of nuclear abolition in the history of nuclear weapons. The previous three “waves” came at times of heightened political and cultural activity, but were unsuccessful in securing their goals of abolition. This new “wave” of abolition is stronger because it is subtle, slow moving, and aims to address the common global concern of nuclear terrorism. It is also backed behind leadership of U.S. President Obama and former foreign policy makers, Sam Nunn, Henry Kissenger, George Shultz, and William Perry who published op-eds in the Wall Street Journal calling for a world
