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Appendix 8. The Nobel Laureate Assembly Declaration for the Prevention of Nuclear War
July 16, 2025
(in abbreviation)
Full text: https://thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-nobel-laureate-assembly-declaration-for-the-prevention-of-nuclear-war/
 In this 80th year of the nuclear age, the world finds itself at a reckoning point. Distrust and discord mark the international discourse, and the volume of challenges facing the global community is overwhelming. But there is only one challenge that could end civilization in an afternoon. In 1955 and 2024, Nobel Laureates gathered at Mainau to issue warnings to the world about the existential threat posed by nuclear war. Tremendous progress has been made in reducing global nuclear stockpiles and nuclear risks, but we are now heading in the wrong direction. Poised at the beginning of a new, complex, and dangerous nuclear arms race, Nobel Laureates and nuclear weapons policy experts must now speak together. We do not deny that the fear of nuclear war has played a role in preserving some stability among nations, but a global security structure forever dependent on fear is ultimately a reckless gamble. Despite having avoided nuclear catastrophes in the past, time and the law of probability are not on our side. Without clear and sustained efforts from world leaders to prevent nuclear war, there can be no doubt that our luck will finally run out. While the only way to truly eliminate the risks of nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons, there are important, timely steps that can support the longer-term effort to achieve nuclear disarmament… Seized by the unprecedented and serious risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies, we call on all states to engage in increased cooperative dialogue on the scientific, legal, and military implications of these technologies. Acknowledging the fallibility of AI, we call on all nuclear armed states to ensure meaningful and enhanced human control and oversight over nuclear command and control…we call on all nuclear armed states to institute the “two-person rule” that ensures at least two individuals are involved in any decision about the use of nuclear force… Accepting the potential for nuclear accidents and miscalculations, we call on all nuclear armed states to expand secure communications lines between and among them and increase the number and frequency of multilateral dialogues on tools and mechanisms for crisis prevention and management. Affirming that the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is the cornerstone of the international arms control and nonproliferation architecture, we call on every nation to publicly recommit to all nonproliferation and disarmament objectives and obligations in the treaty… We further call on all states to enhance and expand political and substantive support for multilateral nuclear diplomacy and the institutions that uphold it… Understanding that the lack of political will impedes the reduction of nuclear risks, we call on scientists, academics, civil society, and communities of faith to help create the necessary pressure on global leaders to implement nuclear risk reduction measures. There is no greater obligation than to prevent the catastrophe of nuclear war… Our survival and the survival of future generations are at stake.
Editor's comment: True! However, there is no other way to counter this stake nonviolently, with reason, than only by the common and one, verified Science of Perpetual Peace as the highest planetary security, inaccessible to “blind on it” disciplinary thinking.
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