I publish an article in Inkstick

I’ve been listening to proponents of nuclear weapons talk about how nuclear weapons will never go away—or they’ll only go away in some misty, far off, never-never land future—for years. It’s always bothered me. For a long time I thought it got under my skin because I see the danger that nuclear weapons pose so clearly. But recently I realized that in fact the reason its been driving me crazy—like an itch you can’t reach—is that there’s something wrong with the idea. There’s something not . . . quite . . . right about what they’re saying.

Often thought comes from a feeling and my sense that something wasn’t quite right eventually led to a piece in InkStick, one of the best and most interesting nuclear weapons and foreign policy on-line publications around. It’s called (you probably guessed from the picture) “A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Pipe dream? Or Inevitability?” and you can probably also guess where I come down on this question.

The reason you might want to read it is that it is entirely a realist’s argument. There are no appeals to morality or humanitarian impacts. Just cold, hard truths that make the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons inevitable.

You can read it here.