The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Year: 2024

The 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) outlaws nuclear weapons—from production and possession to use and threat of use. Germany holds an unusual position as a non-member of the Treaty, a NATO ally hosting U.S. nuclear weapons, and, simultaneously, a regular advocate of global nuclear disarmament. In this chapter, the TPNW is used as a probe to explore whether it has changed the German disarmament discourse. In a first step, Germany's role in the TPNW negotiation process and