Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations
“Brilliant and enchanting. . . Bolton has rekindled the magic in both theorizing IR and envisioning a world without weapons.” —Charli Carpenter, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA “A tour de force of creative t
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Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations
Matthew Breay Bolton
Imagining Disarmament, Enchanting International Relations
Matthew Breay Bolton Department of Political Science Pace University New York, NY, USA
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To Emily, storyteller
Telling Disarming Stories: Foreword
Those who tell new stories are often unwelcome in the assemblies of officials who negotiate the shape of our international politics. If they are allowed in the room at all, the newcomers are told to sit at the back, made to wear “appropriate” clothing and, if given the chance to speak, are kept within a strict time limit. As a result, conversations about technologies that can kill thousands, even millions, of people are kept to a small, chummy circle. The largely male, white and Western managers of our global security architecture convey the impression that the world’s problems are either under their control or beyond anybody’s control. But far from unassailable, the status quo is actually fragile, riven with contradictions. The exclusivity of political discussions on issues like nuclear weapons betrays the anxiety and vulnerability of those in charge. They are desperate to prevent disruption of diplomacy’s complacent humdrum, desperate to protect their privilege. Because the arrival of new voices— from survivors, women, doctors, youth, indigenous people, retirees, activists, artists, people from the Global South—can be profoundly transformative. In t
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