Written by Ray Acheson • Published in December 2021 by Reaching Critical Will, a programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

Published in advance of the 2022 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, this briefing book provides an overview of critical issues and offers recommendations to governments for the Review Conference and beyond.

The briefing book provides a guide to understanding the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and examines issues related to the modernisation of nuclear weapons, nuclear doctrines and transparency, risks and consequences of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, the Middle East weapon of mass destruction free zone, nuclear disarmament in relation to the prohibition of nuclear weapons, and feminist perspectives on gender and nuclear weapons.