1. Most people think nuclear weapons will always exist. Why think about a problem that we are just going to have to live with?

 

2. Nuclear weapons are a very complicated problem, with special knowledge and complex theories that don’t even make sense for most people. In order to be safe we have to be vulnerable. How can ordinary people even think about working on this problem?

 

3. Why should anyone have hope that this problem can be solved?

Ward believes that we can eliminate nuclear weapons. Not because he’s an idealist, but because he is a realist. After thirty-five years of carefully re-examining the assumptions made about nuclear weapons during the Cold War, he’s convinced that those long-ago experts and government officials got it wrong. The assumptions they made (that still govern our policy today) were distorted by the fear and anxiety of the time. They exaggerate the importance of nuclear weapons, downplay the level of risk, and misrepresent the way the world really is. 

 

Ward is convinced we can eliminate nuclear weapons because no one wants to keep bad technology — no one wants a weapon that is both not-very-useful and dangerous. 
If we realign our thinking with reality and set aside the flawed thinking and overblown myths of the Cold War, we can live in a world without nuclear weapons. 
You can read Ward’s four part series called “How to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons” here. You can find out more about RealistRevolt at www.realistrevolt.org.