Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFPThe 2017 Nobel peace prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is richly deserved. The idea is so powerful that 122 states adopted the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 7 July 2017. Will the Nobel peace prize make any difference to the ongoing nuclear stand-off between the US and North Korea? By awarding and recognizing ICAN’s work translated into an actionable treaty banning all nuclear weapons, the Nobel committee has given the idea a powerful platform. Is it not audacious to negotiate and soon bring into effect an entire treaty that would legally prohibit all nuclear weapons?

Source: Mint October 06, 2017 18:22 UTC