Editing Nuclear disarmament (section)

==Semiotics==
The precise use of terminology in the context of disarmament may have important implications for political [[Signaling theory]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332318947 |title=Signaling Theory in International Relations: Models, Cases, and Evaluations |last=Fearon |first=James |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref> In the case of [[North Korea]], "denuclearization" has historically been interpreted as different from "disarmament" by including withdrawal of American nuclear capabilities from the region.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/04/opinion/avoid-nuclear-war-denuclearization.html |title=Opinion {{!}} The Word That Could Help the World Avoid Nuclear War |last=Lewis |first=Jeffrey |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 4, 2018 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref> More recently, this term has become provocative due to its comparisons to the [[Muammar Gaddafi#Capture and killing|collapse of the Gaddafi regime]] after disarmament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/libyan-model-north-korean-denuclearization |title=A 'Libyan Model' for North Korean Denuclearization? |publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies |last=King |first=Robert R. |date=April 3, 2018 |orig-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref> The [[Biden administration]] has been criticized for its reaffirming of a strategy of denuclearization with Korea and Japan, as opposed to a "freeze" or "pause" on new nuclear developments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/joe-bidens-real-north-korea-problem-moving-past-denuclearization-opinion-1555266 |title=Joe Biden's Real North Korea Problem: Moving Past Denuclearization Opinion And Democrats |website=[[Newsweek]] |date=December 17, 2020 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nknews.org/2021/04/us-and-japan-vow-to-work-on-north-korea-denuclearization-at-washington-summit/?t=1626490039724 |title=US and Japan vow to work on North Korea denuclearization at Washington summit |work= NK News |last=Skidmore |first=Gage |orig-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/2021/3/15/22331522/north-korea-biden-denuclearization-reuters |title=Biden is reaching out to North Korea. North Korea isn't answering. |work=Vox |last=Ward |first=Alex |date=March 15, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Biden-s-Asia-policy/White-House-seeks-denuclearization-of-Korean-Peninsula-Psaki |title=White House seeks 'denuclearization of Korean Peninsula': Psaki |work=Nikkei Asia |last=Moriyasu |first=Kenn |orig-date=April 19, 2021 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref>

Similarly, the term "irreversible" has been argued to set an [[Perfect is the enemy of good|impossible standard]] for states to disarm.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/06/bolton-pompeo-trump-and-kim-all-have-different-ideas-about-what-the-d-in-cvid-stands-for.html |title='CVID' is the most important acronym of the Trump-Kim talks. No one knows what it means. |last=Keating |first=Joshua |newspaper=Slate  |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=April 19, 2021 }}</ref>