Nuclear Deterrence Is The Existential Threat, Not The Nuclear Ban Treaty

In a deeply misguided article in this publication, Zachary Kallenborn contends that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a threat to humanity. To build this narrative, Kallenborn does not simply present nuclear deterrence as a stable and useful framework for avoiding conventional wars. Rather, he goes beyond the common deterrence arguments to assert that nuclear weapons restrain world wars, which allows nations to work together on addressing existential threats. Nothing could be further from the truth.

This article was written by Ivana Nikolić Hughes, Xanthe Hall, Ira Helfand, Mays Smithwick and originally published by The Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists.

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