The Struggle for Arms Control - Transforming or Reproducing International Order

International Conference with Simone Wisotzki and Thilo Marauhn

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Since the end of the Cold War, civil so­ciety actors (CSAs) and small and middle po­wers (SMPs) have been play­ing an ever-greater role in shaping arms con­trol initia­tives and providing im­petus for change. But how substan­tial are these changes? Do these develop­ments trans­form or
stabi­lize exis­ting orders, prac­tices of violent con­flict manage­ment and related power asym­metries? What are the oppor­tunities and chal­lenges for practi­tioners parti­cipa­ting in the struggle for arms con­trol? The confe­rence aims to ad­vance our under­standing of the trans­forma­tive poten­tial of actor diversi­fica­tion and multi-­stake­holder approa­ches in the crea­tion and contes­tation of inter­national arms con­trol regimes.

The theme of the work­shop could not be time­lier: Follow­ing Russia’s war of aggres­sion against Ukraine we may enter an era of res­taura­tion in inter­natio­nal poli­tics, reempha­sizing the state’s primary func­tion as secu­rity provi­der for its citi­zens. The call is for rear­mament rather than disarma­ment. Conse­quently, the stra­tegic environ­ment could become virtu­ally imper­vious to the voices of CSAs and SMPs commit­ted to advan­cing arms control and disar­mament initia­tives. Against this back­drop, it is impera­tive to take stock of the exis­ting engage­ment and reflect on how the transfor­mative poten­tial of CSAs and SMPs – in its politi­cal and legal dimen­sions – can be har­nessed in the future. This confer­ence brings together aca­demics, policy experts and represen­tatives of civil society to discuss this issue at the inter­section of law and politics.

Panel I: Conventional Arms Control. Humanitarian Arms Control - a new era?

  • Thompson Chengeta, University of Southampton
  • Neil Cooper, Kent State University
  • Margarita Petrova, Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals
  • Simone Wisotzki, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt

Panel II: Nuclear disarmament – on the path of global multilateralization?

  • Kjølv Egeland, Sciences Po Paris
  • Thilo Marauhn, PRIF & Justus Liebig Universität Gießen
  • Olamide Samuel, University of Leicester
  • Alicia Sanders-Zakre, Policy & Research Coordinator, ICAN

 

When: December 9th 2022, Panel I 09:30 am - 12:30 pm, Panel II 01:30 - 04:30 pm, & December 10th 2022

Where: Fürstenzimmer, Schloss Hohentübingen, Tübingen

More information can be found on the website of Tubingen University.

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