Multilateralism (20TH CENTURY)
A theory of (nuclear) disarmament in opposition to unilateralism, this argues that nuclear disarmament can only be achieved by negotiated mutual reductions in weapons by all states. Source: David Robertson, The Penguin Dictionary of Politics (London, 1986) Definitions Multilateralism, in the form of membership in international institutions, serves to bind powerful nations, discourage unilateralism, and gives