World Free from Nuclear Weapons

Drew Christiansen, SJ, is Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Human Development at the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a senior fellow at its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, both at Georgetown University. He serves as a frequent consultant to the Holy See and as a member of the steering committee of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network. Although best known for his time as editor-in-chief of America: The Jesuit Weekly, he is also the coauthor or coeditor of a number of books, including most recently Forgiveness in International Politics: An Alternative Road to Peace, and a contributing editor for the Journal of Catholic Social Thought and the Review of Faith & International Affairs.Carole Sargent is a literary historian of early modern women’s political thought and founding director of Georgetown University’s Office of Scholarly Publications. The author of two books, her national media platform has included NPR, CNN, The New York Times, and 60 Minutes. As an Associate of the Sacred Heart (RSCJ), she founded a faculty peace community in Washington, DC, and has presented with Drew Christiansen at the Lay Centre at Foyer Unitas in Rome, Italy, on Catholic sisters who are active in nuclear disarmament.

Effectively compiled and edited by the team of Drew Christiansen and Carole Sargent, "A World Free from Nuclear Weapons: The Vatican Conference on Disarmament" is an extraordinary work that should be considered essential reading by all members of the Catholic community in general, and anyone concerned with the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world today.

• PrefacePeter K. A. Cardinal TurksonIntroduction: Toward a Positive PeaceDrew Christiansen, SJPart I: Setting the Agenda1. Address by His Holiness Pope Francis2. Address by Pietro Cardinal ParolinPart II: Witnesses3. Surviving the Atomic BombMasako Wada4. Hiroshima’s Heritage and the Role of Companies in City Reconstruction: How This Experience Shaped Today’s ValuesBruno L. MüllerPart III: Laureates5. Letter from Nobel Peace Prize Laureates to His Holiness Pope Francis on the Occasion of the International ConferenceMohamed ElBaradei, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Jody Williams, and Muhammad Yunus6. Nuclear Weapons: Confronting ArmageddonMohamed ElBaradei7. For the Disarmament of InjusticeAdolfo Pérez Esquivel8. Will Human Beings Survive Another Century?Muhammad Yunus9. What the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Can Offer for the Future Work of Nongovernmental OrganizationsBeatrice Fihn10. Nukes, Land Mines, and Killer RobotsJody Williams11. The Peace Process in Northern IrelandMairead Corrigan-MaguirePart IV: Diplomats12. The UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Ban Nuclear Weapons: A DebateRose Gottemoeller, Thomas Hajnoczi, and Jorge Lomónaco13. Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: Transforming the US-Russian EquationAlexei Georgevich Arbatov14. International Diplomacy and International Security IssuesIzumi Nakamitsu15. The Role of International Diplomacy and International OrganizationsThomas StelzerPart V: International Civil Society16. The Humanitarian Initiative as a Condition for the Ban on Nuclear WeaponsFrançois Bugnion17. The Role of Civil SocietySusi Snyder18. Reconciliation and DisarmamentMarie-Noëlle Koyara19. The Risks of Nuclear War TodayPaolo Cotta-Ramusino20. Dealing with Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle EastEmily Landau21. Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: Resolving the DeadlockAyman KhalilPart VI: More Religious Voices22. We Must Do No LessMonsignor Robert W. McElroy23. Transforming the Human SpiritHiromasa Ikeda24. Migrations and WarsMonica Attias25. The Social and Moral Responsibilities of Knowledge WorkersDrew Christiansen, SJ26. Preliminary ConclusionsStephen ColecchiPart VII: Closing27. Salutations Peter K. A. Cardinal TurksonAfterword: The Holy See and Nuclear Disarmament—Achievements and ChallengesArchbishop Silvano M. Tomasi