"Only by looking back at fears of old things when they were new, can we have rational constructive debates about emerging technologies today that avoids the pitfalls of moral panic and incumbent protectionism."
Sure ok, start with this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228250.Four_Arguments_fo...
Seems like such an obviously true statement to me, that the only thing to add is that you cannot un-invent, abolish or wish it away. Folks who believe in the "complete nuclear disarmament" fairy tale have a hard time with this.
This would have to be accompanied by a powerful inspections regime, with big rewards for whistleblowers. Also, if a country did announce it had secretly produced nuclear weapons, or was discovered to have them, that would probably have to be treated as a casus belli, and all other countries would have a legal duty to launch a massive (conventional) bombardment of that country.