On 24 June 2022, the VCDNP and the Toda Peace Institute hosted the book launch of The Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Transformational Reframing of the Global Nuclear Order, edited by Toda Peace Institute Senior Research Fellow Ramesh Thakur. A day after the conclusion of the historic first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Dr. Thakur discussed the emergence, significance, and future of the Treaty with Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, President of the first Meeting of States Parties. The event was moderated by Kevin Clements, Director of the Toda Peace Institute, and featured questions and comments from some of the book’s contributing authors and other experts.
Speakers:
00:00:00 Kevin Clements, Director, Toda Peace Institute (Moderator)
00:01:51 Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, Austria; President-Designate of the First Meeting of States Parties to the TPNW
00:07:16 Ramesh Thakur, Senior Research Fellow, Toda Peace Institute
00:19:27 Q&A