SGI Quarterly

Issue 62 | October 2010

A New Era of Nuclear Abolition

  • Disarmament
  • Nuclear Abolition

This special issue of the SGI Quarterly featured contributions from key figures in the newly-formed ICAN movement and other veterans of the campaign for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons including Judge Christopher Weeramantry and Rebecca Johnson.

In this Issue

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A New Era of Nuclear Abolition | Introduction

The development, use and proliferation of nuclear weapons in the last century has shaped our age. When they were first used in World War II against… Read more
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Taking Responsibility for Future Generations | Christopher Weeramantry

Judge Christopher Weeramantry was a Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) from 1991 to 2000, serving as its Vice President from 1997 to… Read more
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The Health and Environmental Effects of Nuclear Weapons | Tilman Ruff

Tilman Ruff is a public health physician specializing in infectious diseases, with a particular commitment to the public health imperative to abolish… Read more
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A Green Light for a Nuclear Weapons Convention | Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson is Executive Director and Cofounder of the Acronym Institute and editor of Disarmament Diplomacy. She is also special adviser to the… Read more
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The Nuclear Taboo | Interview with Nina Tannenwald

Nina Tannenwald is an Associate Research Professor at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International Studies. She holds a Ph.D. from Cornell… Read more
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Human Security and Nuclear Disarmament | Ray Acheson

Ray Acheson is the Director of Reaching Critical Will, the nuclear disarmament project of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. She… Read more
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Building Global Solidarity Toward a Nuclear-Free World | Kimiaki Kawai

Kimiaki Kawai was Program Director for Peace Affairs at the Soka Gakkai International. He outlines the history of the organization's efforts to… Read more
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SGI Youth Initiatives for Nuclear Abolition | Interview with Takahisa Miyao and Kenji Shiratsuchi

Takahisa Miyao, Soka Gakkai Student Division Leader, introduces results of a survey of attitudes among youth toward nuclear weapons. Read more
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Emerging from the Nuclear Shadow | Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda is the president of the SGI. The following is an excerpt from an essay originally published in September 2006, one of 12 essays carried… Read more
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki Survivors Speak Out
Women from Hiroshima and Nagasaki were recently invited by the Soka Gakkai Women’s Peace Committee to talk about the reality of living as a… Read more
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