Emmanuelle Maitre, Research Fellow, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique

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The strategic elimination of nuclear weapons: an alternative global agenda for nuclear disarmament

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1 Vladimir Yermakov, Representative of Russia to the UN General Assembly First Committee, quoted by Kingston Reif, “UN Approves Start of Nuclear Ban Talks,” Arms Control Today, November 2016, <www.armscontrol.org/ACT/2016_11/News/UN-Approves-Start-of-Nuclear-Ban-Talks>

2 Rebecca Hersman, Clark Murdock, and Shanelle Van, “The Evolving U.S. Nuclear Narrative,” CSIS Report, October 2016, <www.csis.org/analysis/evolving-us-nuclear-narrative-0>.

3 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, “A Secure and Prosperous United Kingdom,” November 2016, <www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-security-strategy-and-strategic-defence-and-security-review-2015-annual-report-2016>; François Hollande, “Discours sur la dissuasion nucléaire—Déplacement auprès des forces aériennes stratégiques,” Istres, February 19, 2015, <www.defense.gouv.fr/content/download/352889/5043677/file/discours-sur-la-dissuasion-nucleaire-deplacement-aupres-des-forces-aeriennes-strategiques-istres-3.pdf>.

4 Steven E. Miller, “The Utility of Nuclear Weapons and the Strategy of No-First-Use,” presentation, November 15–17, 2002 <www.belfercenter.org/publication/utility-nuclear-weapons-and-strategy-no-first-use>.

5 Barry M. Blechman, “Why We Need to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons—and How to Do It,” in Barry Blechman and Alex Bolfass, eds., Elements of a Nuclear Disarmament Treaty (Stimson Center, 2010), p. 20.

6 Quadrennal Defense Review 2014, US Department of Defense.

7 Chad Peltier, “Engaging China and Russia on Nuclear Disarmament,” summary from the ASAN Plenum, ASAN Institute for Policy Studies, November 2013.

8 Statement by Ambassador Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Permanent Representative of Pakistan, at the 2015 Substantive Session of the United Nations, Disarmament Commission, New York, April 6, 2015.

9 Speech by the President of the French Republic on the Nuclear Deterrent, Istres, February 19, 2015, <https://cd-geneve.delegfrance.org/Nucleaire-discours-de-M-Francois>.

10 Alain Barluet, “Désarmement: l'Élysée s'agace des ‘leçons’ d'Obama,” Le Figaro, April 9, 2009, <www.lefigaro.fr/international/2009/04/09/01003-20090409ARTFIG00591-desarmement-l-elysee-s-agace-des-lecons-d-obama-.php>.

11 “Discours sur la dissuasion nucléaire—Déplacement auprès des forces aériennes stratégiques,” Istres, February 19, 2015.