Nuclear Weapons / en Prohibition of nuclear weapons the only rational way forward: John Polanyi in the Globe and Mail /news/prohibition-nuclear-weapons-only-rational-way-forward-john-polanyi-globe-and-mail <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Prohibition of nuclear weapons the only rational way forward: John Polanyi in the Globe and Mail</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2023-04/UofT88196_085A0974-crop_0.jpeg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Fi3OU6wG 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/2023-04/UofT88196_085A0974-crop_0.jpeg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=9UL59gaR 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/2023-04/UofT88196_085A0974-crop_0.jpeg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=vSGi2_r- 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/2023-04/UofT88196_085A0974-crop_0.jpeg?h=afdc3185&amp;itok=Fi3OU6wG" alt="John Polanyi"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-12-01T13:13:53-05:00" title="Wednesday, December 1, 2021 - 13:13" class="datetime">Wed, 12/01/2021 - 13:13</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item"><p>(Photo by Johnny Guatto)</p> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/global-lens" hreflang="en">Global Lens</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/nuclear-weapons" hreflang="en">Nuclear Weapons</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/global" hreflang="en">Global</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/john-polanyi" hreflang="en">John Polanyi</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/nobel-prize" hreflang="en">Nobel Prize</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nuclear weapons continue to pose a threat to humanity and should be banned if reason is to prevail over might, says the University of Toronto’s <strong>John Polanyi</strong>.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-reason-of-prohibition-must-triumph-over-the-might-of-nuclear/">In a <em>Globe and Mail</em> op-ed</a> based on a recent speech to the Conference on the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Ottawa, the <a href="http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> Emeritus and&nbsp;Nobel laureate says that the lingering threat of nuclear war is “bereft of reason.”</p> <p>“Reason gave us science; laws of nature and some laws of man. From this came courts where laws are argued. There is a profound difference between that and drawing a gun,” writes Polanyi, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1986 and has long argued for abolishing&nbsp;nuclear weapons.</p> <p>“To set aside the gun will, however, require an act of will, opposing the continual call for armaments. The rationale for arming is that others do it. This defies logic, since it is a race to no destination except war.”</p> <p>Polanyi notes that while 122 countries have provided their backing for the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the world’s nuclear-armed states – as well as Canada – continue to hold out.</p> <p>He writes that the goal of prohibition will require these countries to set aside the pursuit of armed power and make a “break with history” for the greater good.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-reason-of-prohibition-must-triumph-over-the-might-of-nuclear/">Read the op-ed in the <em>Globe and Mail</em></a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 18:13:53 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 301182 at