We need to boycott Nuclear Nations, but who are WE?

With the Nuclear Weapons Ban soon becoming a reality, nations and citizens are already start thinking: What is the point?

The nations that have, and are still promoting, nuclear weapons are the big ones. The list includes the US, the UK and France. China and Russia are also big.

We can also include the three Asian ones: India, Pakistan and Korea. Trade sanctions may be easier with these three. Look at the other ones!

If you live in the US, what can you do? Sure, China has nuclear weapons, buy American! What about the rest of us, who live in other parts of the world?

Russia exports a lot of oil. Stop buying from there? Preferable would be to stop buying oil from anyone. This transition is on the way but will still take years.

Looking at this from a trade perspective, how can we pressure them into accepting the TPNW? Should we? Can we find a way in the right direction? Away from nuclear weapons?

We should take inventory on what we trade, measure that against other nations, and prepare to buy only from non-nuclear nations. With the knowledge of what we can do, we can start looking at solutions.

The big problem is that most of us are from nuclear nations or supporting nations. Take Germany, they are hosting nuclear weapons, even-though the majority are against hosting them.

Unfortunately, the “nuclear umbrella” is still very much relied upon for strategic defence. European nations are unwilling to discuss their part under the umbrella.

In fact, many discuss if they should have their own arsenal in the EU. Considering that France already has their own nuclear weapons, treaties could make a new umbrella within Europe. No new weapons, but dislodging the US from the discussion.

This would not take away the idea that the umbrella works.

With so many nations sharing and even building their own nuclear weapons, even Europeans would have to split up the union to make any headway on this issue. The EU cannot sanction each other in trade.

The current strategy is to build all alliances around conventional troops and encourage all to disarm step by step.

So, what can we do to stop the risk of a nuclear war?

I have never understood how governments consider a “Mexican Standoff” safe.

With that said; How do you get out of it once you are in it?