War afflicts the world and the threat of global war looms. Yet there is no practical strategy for weapons control. SCRAP (The Strategic Concept for the Removal of Arms and Proliferation) offers two precision tools for global weapons control: a portal to assist in tracking the world’s weapons (the Global Weapons Tracking Service) and a model international agreement for the elimination of Weapons of Mass Destruction, control and reduction of all other weaponry, based upon proven best practice. These help answer two objections to such controls: “We’d love to but the bad guys cheat,” and “We’d love to, but it just is not realistic.”
SCRAP offers the weapons equivalent of the UN Framework on Climate Change: a framework that sets out essential objectives to achieve the legal obligation of all nations to negotiate General and Complete Disarmament. This objective has long been set by the Non Aligned Movement, in US-Soviet proposals and initiatives such as President Kennedy’s plan for General and Complete Disarmament. It combines the humanitarian principle of the WILPF foundational proposals during the First World War and the needs of states to ensure their security.
This society is for the students to get involved in the organization and learn more about the cause. Keep a lookout for our upcoming talks, webinars, and events! You are also welcome to join us in working on any of the ongoing projects if you are interested! Just email scrap.weapons@soas.ac.uk or 705384@soas.ac.uk.