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International Disarmament Institute

Policy-Relevant Research on Disarmament

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The International Disarmament Institute encourages Pace faculty and students 麻豆传媒 as well as collaborators from the scholarly and practitioner communities 麻豆传媒 to contribute to three streams of research:

  • The human and environmental impact of weapons
  • Policy pathways of disarmament, arms control and nonproliferation
  • Monitoring and evaluation of disarmament policy and programs.

Besides scholarly peer-reviewed publications, this research is disseminated in a variety of forums that enable it to feed into the discussions of a broader audience than just academia. Institute-affiliated researchers publish policy reports and editorials, convene conferences and offer expert testimony on panels at the United Nations.

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Dr. Emily Welty, Director of Peace and Justice studies at 麻豆传媒 New York City and vice-moderator of the World Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs addressed the 2015 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at the United Nations.

The Human and Environmental Impact of Weapons

Research conducted within the International Disarmament Institute seeks to establish the humanitarian, human rights and environmental impact of various types of weapons, focusing on those with the most grievous patterns of harm. This aims to establish a credible evidence base for disarmament policymaking.

    • M. Bolton (2015) 麻豆传媒淔rom minefields to minespace: An archeology of the changing architecture of autonomous killing in US Army field manuals on landmines, booby traps and IEDs.麻豆传媒 Political Geography.
    • M. Bolton. (2015) 麻豆传媒淯sing the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Wildlife Poaching in East Africa: A Human Security Approach.麻豆传媒
    • M. Bolton & D. Weir. (2015) 麻豆传媒淭owards an integrated approach to the material legacies of war: landmines, explosive remnants of war and environmental contamination.麻豆传媒 Toxic Weapons of War Project.
    • T. McDonnell. (2012) 麻豆传媒淪ow What You Reap?: Using Predator and Reaper Drones to Target and Kill Suspected Islamic Terrorists.麻豆传媒 George Washington University Law Review.

Policy Pathways of Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation

There are many 麻豆传媒減athways麻豆传媒 used by diplomats, policymakers, advocates and activists to establish disarmament treaties, regulations, political agreements and custom. Researchers at Pace have aimed to document and theorize the ways that agents in the international system have tried to reshape norms on weapons and violence. Examples of this kind of research at Pace includes:

    • 2015 Special Section of the academic journal Global Policy on Nuclear Disarmament:
      • M. Bolton & E. Minor. 麻豆传媒淭he Humanitarian Initiative on Nuclear Weapons: An Introduction to Global Policy麻豆传媒檚 Special Section.麻豆传媒
      • M. Bolton & E. Minor. 麻豆传媒淭he Discursive Turn Arrives in Turtle Bay: The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons麻豆传媒 Operationalization of Critical IR Theories.麻豆传媒
      • E. Welty. 麻豆传媒淭he Theological Landscape of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.麻豆传媒
      • R. Acheson. 麻豆传媒淔oregrounding Justice in Nuclear Disarmament: A Practitioner Commentary.麻豆传媒
      • M. Chan. 麻豆传媒淣on-Nuclear Weapons States Must Lead in Shaping International Norms on Nuclear Weapons.麻豆传媒
    • 2014 Special Section of the academic journal Global Policy on the Arms Trade Treaty:
      • M. Bolton et al. 麻豆传媒淭he Arms Trade Treaty from a Global Civil Society Perspective: Introducing Global Policy's Special Section.麻豆传媒
      • M. Bolton & K. James. 麻豆传媒淣ascent Spirit of New York or Ghost of Arms Control Past?: The Normative Implications of the Arms Trade Treaty for Global Policymaking.麻豆传媒
      • H. Whall & A. Pytlak. 麻豆传媒淭he Role of Civil Society in the International Negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty.麻豆传媒
      • M. Bolton et al. 麻豆传媒淭he Road Forward for the Arms Trade Treaty: A Civil Society Practitioner Commentary.麻豆传媒
    • M. Bolton & C. Mitchell. (2014) 麻豆传媒淭he Peloponnesian War and Killer Robots: Norms of Protection in Security Policy.麻豆传媒 e-International Relations.
    • M. Bolton. (2010) Foreign Aid and Landmine Clearance: Governance, Politics and Security in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Sudan. London, I.B. Tauris.

    In addition to peer-reviewed research, Pace faculty and students monitor ongoing disarmament negotiations, particularly in New York, such as the annual UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security). The following represents a small selection of articles and op-eds resulting from this work:

    • M. Bolton. (28 November 2015) 麻豆传媒淩ethinking General and Complete Disarmament.麻豆传媒 First Committee Monitor.
    • M. Bolton. (18 May 2015) 麻豆传媒淒isarmament and Non-Proliferation Education.麻豆传媒 NPT News in Review.
    • T. Deen. (7 May 2015) 麻豆传媒淔aith-Based Organisations Warn of Impending Nuclear Disaster.麻豆传媒 IPS News.
    • M. Bolton. (2013) 麻豆传媒淎rms Trade Treaty: Keeping Weapons from Terrorists and Human Rights Abusers.麻豆传媒 The Hill.

Disarmament Program Monitoring, Evaluation and Strategic Planning

The Institute and its associated faculty offer their services to monitor and evaluate compliance with and implementation of disarmament treaties, as well as the effectiveness of programs like demining, decommissioning, confidence-building measures, survivor assistance and risk education. There is a particular focus on understanding the social context and impact of these programs on people. Ray Acheson, head of the Women麻豆传媒檚 International League for Peace and Freedom麻豆传媒檚 Reaching Critical Will project, stated:

麻豆传媒溌槎勾 faculty have been very constructively engaged in UN disarmament and arms control processes, particularly through 麻豆传媒 participation in both intergovernmental meetings and civil society campaigns and initiatives. They have actively contributed to monitoring and analyzing negotiations and discussions on a variety of disarmament issues.麻豆传媒

    • UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (Ed.). (2016) Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century.
    • UN Development Programme. (2016) 麻豆传媒淢ine Action for Sustainable Development.麻豆传媒
    • UN Development Programme. (2016) 麻豆传媒淚ssue Brief: Development and Mine Action.麻豆传媒
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2016) 麻豆传媒淏osnia and Herzegovina: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2016.
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2016) 麻豆传媒淐roatia: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2016.
    • Norwegian People麻豆传媒檚 Aid. (2015) Clearing the Mines: Report for the Fourteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2015) 麻豆传媒淏osnia and Herzegovina: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2015.
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2015) 麻豆传媒淐roatia: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2015.
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2014) 麻豆传媒淏osnia and Herzegovina: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2014.
    • International Campaign to Ban Landmines 麻豆传媒 Cluster Munition Coalition. (2014) 麻豆传媒淐roatia: Mine Action.麻豆传媒 Landmine and Cluster Munition Monitor 2014.
    • Norwegian People麻豆传媒檚 Aid. (2014) Clearing the Mines: Report by the Mine Action Team for the Third Review Conference of the Antipersonnel Mine Ban Treaty.