What is Unilateral disarmament?
'''Unilateral disarmament''' is a [[policy]] option where a single country disarms or renounces weapons without expecting other nations or rivals to also renounce their use of weapons.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/11/unilateral-nuclear-disarmament-wrong-people-happy|title=Unilateral disarmament will make some people happy – including the wrong ones {{!}} Dr Blake McMahon and Dr Adam B Lowther|last=McMahon|first=Dr Blake|date=2016-01-11|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-04-30|last2=Lowther|first2=Dr Adam B.|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was most commonly used in the twentieth century in the context of ''unilateral [[nuclear disarmament]]'', a recurrent mission of [[peace movement]]s in countries such as the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. Nations do not often choose to dismantle their entire military capability. Unilateral disarmament is usually sought in one technical competency, such as [[weapons of mass destruction]]. [[Nonviolence|Non-violent]] political movements from that of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] to the [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] have recommended unilateral disarmament as a step toward [[world peace]]. == References == {{Reflist}}{{politics-stub}} [[Category:Politics by issue]]