Ishan BhatnagarAIR 5 · CSE 2025 · 142 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening
Global disarmament is a sine qua non for lasting global peace. However efforts as disarmament are impeded by the following ethical considerations →
Body · points
(i) Survival spirit, which is the "will to life" (Freud)
(ii) mutual suspicion that others will retain weapons
(iii) Domination instinct to accumulate more hard power.
(iv) National interest dictates that defences be robust.
(v) Utilitarian semble of retaining nuclear weapons → foster peace by threat of "mutually assured destruction".
Balancing needs
1.> International treaties that go for complete disarmament → unlike NPT, which only targets non nuclear countries.
2.> Transparent mechanism → mutual trust that disarmament efforts are not asymmetrical.
3.> Liberal I.R. theory → trade interdependence leads to mutual trust, leads to disarmament.
4.> Gradual de-escalation approach, practised since 1970s of reducing war-heads.
Close · a summary
Hence, disarmament is a gradual process to be built on shared trust & transparency.