Working papers on No First Use of Nuclear Weapons

PugwashNovember 17, 2002May 21, 2026Nuclear Weapons

At the 15-17 November 2002 London workshop, the below selection of working papers exploring the concept of No First Use were presented.

Working Papers

Kanti Bajpai: No First Use in the India-Pakistan Context

Hugh Beach: Implementation of No First Use of Nuclear Weapons Strategy/Agreements

Jeffrey Boutwell: The US and No First Use: Preemption Trumps Deterrence?

Yuri Federov: Russia’s Doctrine on the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Lawrence Freedman: No First Use

Jozef Goldblat: NPT and the Security of NNWS

Ariel Levite: Preliminary Reflections on No First Use Doctrine for the Middle East

Sverre Lodgaard: Obstacles to No-First-Use

Steven E. Miller: The Utility of Nuclear Weapons and the Strategy of No-First-Use

Raja Mohan: No-First-Use and India’s Nuclear Transition

John B. Rhinelander: No First Use — It’s Time is Not Foreseeable Whatever its Form

Mohamed Kadry Said: Security and Defense Dilemmas in the Middle East: The Nuclear Dimension

Pan Zhenqiang: On China’s No First Use of Nuclear Weapons