Semantics and Ideology of Nuclear Order
Journal
Security Dialogues /Безбедносни дијалози
Date Issued
2022-12
Author(s)
DOI
10.47054/sd22132037v
Abstract
The article deals with the substance and rhetoric of the notion of “nuclear order” in a
deconstructivity manner. Building on the definition of nuclear order as a set of institutions,
norms, and practices governing the development and use of nuclear technology, the analysis
focuses more on what is behind this “pragmatic compromise” in the world of international
(and nuclear) anarchy. The key premise is that the discourse and politics of nuclear order
are mechanisms of normalization of nuclear danger as something that can be managed and
well-ordered. This kind of thinking and dealing with the nuclear threat, which is becoming an
imminent one by the day, is embedded in the ideology of the imperial status quo. At a time when
humanity faces existential threat(s), inter alia because of a possible nuclear clash, the
academic rhetoric and action should shift the paradigm away from the “Don’t Look Up” film
parody. The current arrangements of nuclear constraints, deterrence, non-proliferation etc.
should be pictured for what they really are: a politics of acceptance to life on a brink of total
disaster based on the false belief that the national security state and the military alliances
are able to protect Us vs Them.
deconstructivity manner. Building on the definition of nuclear order as a set of institutions,
norms, and practices governing the development and use of nuclear technology, the analysis
focuses more on what is behind this “pragmatic compromise” in the world of international
(and nuclear) anarchy. The key premise is that the discourse and politics of nuclear order
are mechanisms of normalization of nuclear danger as something that can be managed and
well-ordered. This kind of thinking and dealing with the nuclear threat, which is becoming an
imminent one by the day, is embedded in the ideology of the imperial status quo. At a time when
humanity faces existential threat(s), inter alia because of a possible nuclear clash, the
academic rhetoric and action should shift the paradigm away from the “Don’t Look Up” film
parody. The current arrangements of nuclear constraints, deterrence, non-proliferation etc.
should be pictured for what they really are: a politics of acceptance to life on a brink of total
disaster based on the false belief that the national security state and the military alliances
are able to protect Us vs Them.
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