Is the abolition of nuclear weapons really an impossible dream?

It’s certainly not a task for the faint-hearted. But I think Nelson Mandela got it right when he encouraged humanity to keep moving forward towards peace and justice: 'It always seems impossible until it’s done.'

As UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warns, 'Not since the worst days of the Cold War has the spectre of nuclear weapons cast such a dark shadow.'Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

October 17, 2024

EDMONTON—The Nobel Peace Prize committee last week shone a global spotlight on what many consider an impossible dream: the abolition of nuclear weapons. The Norwegian committee awarded the 2024 prize to the Japanese organization, Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of at...

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