Abstract
Lewis Dunn's essay "The strategic elimination of nuclear weapons: a redefined global agenda for nuclear disarmament" takes on the unenviable task of trying to revive the comatose disarmament process by boldly attempting to offer a "realizable vision" to bridge the growing gap over nuclear disarmament. On one side is a small minority of countries that are adamant defenders of the status quo-the NWS and their allies protected by nuclear weapons.
On the other side is an increasingly impatient and frustrated large majority of NNWS and several civil-society organizations (including in NWS and in allies that live under the nuclear umbrella) who are no longer content with business as usual. In short, Dunn's essay tries not only to prevent an unstoppable force from colliding with an immovable object, but also to make the two work together.
Despite the dismal odds, the essay optimistically concludes that such a common vision is possible and indeed achievable. This upbeat conclusion, however, is simply not supported by the weight of nuclear history.