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1. The INF Treaty Crisis Is A Global Security Problem

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... parties.” That is a serious mistake. Failure by both sides to take diplomatic engagement more seriously since the 9M729 missile was first tested five years ago has bought us to this point. Barring an ...

Created on 09 January 2019

2. Nonproliferation Policy and Priorities – U.S. Perspective

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... constructive innovations that we were then getting underway in our first year. This year, having moved from the National Security Council staff to the State Department, I’m pleased to be able to outline ...

Created on 30 December 2018

3. UN Rejects Resolution Calling for Russian-U.S. Compliance with Nuclear Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... first time the two powers had agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals, eliminate an entire category of nuclear weapons, and utilize extensive on-site inspections for verification. It reduced the risk of ...

Created on 24 December 2018

4. Who’s Deceiving Whom? Open Source North Korea Under The Microscope

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... International Studies at Monterey and editor of the Nonproliferation Review. This article first appeared on NKNews.Org on December 11, 2018. NEW YORK | MONTEREY (IDN-INPS) – Along with the features of ...

Created on 21 December 2018

5. New Report Warns of the Perils of Scientific Collaborations with North Korea

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... began to emphasize the importance of national "self-reliance and self-development" based on investments in science and technology. This slogan has now replaced Kim Jong Il’s "military-first politics" as ...

Created on 20 December 2018

6. Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change Threaten Human Survival

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea). The lawsuits in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague were against the first five of these countries for their failure ...

Created on 09 December 2018

7. Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change Threaten Human Survival

(Project Articles)

... Russia, UK, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea). The lawsuits in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague were against the first five of these countries for their failure ...

Created on 09 December 2018

8. It is High Time for the U.S. and Russia to Get Off the Treadmill to Catastrophe

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the Soviet Union were amassing new strategic nuclear weapons, “We can be first off the treadmill. That is the only victory the arms race has to offer.” As Democrats prepare to take control of the U.S. ...

Created on 06 December 2018

9. U.S. INF Treaty Termination May Once Again Trigger Nuclear Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Russia returns to compliance. In a new statement on the INF Treaty also released [on December 4], NATO foreign ministers collectively declared for the first time “that Russia has developed and fielded ...

Created on 05 December 2018

10. Keeping Saudi Arabia Nuclear-Free

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... be the first time the naked would be Emperor has changed his mind. Agreement among the nuclear powers not to sell nuclear power plant designs or technology to Saudi Arabia, and certainly not if it insists ...

Created on 30 November 2018

11. The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Violates the Right to Life, Warns a UN Committee

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... least five very important contributions to nuclear disarmament: Firstly, the General Comment makes strong links between human rights law and nuclear non-use and disarmament obligations. Subsequently, ...

Created on 27 November 2018

12. The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Violates the Right to Life, Warns a UN Committee

(Project Articles)

... least five very important contributions to nuclear disarmament: Firstly, the General Comment makes strong links between human rights law and nuclear non-use and disarmament obligations. Subsequently, ...

Created on 27 November 2018

13. Verification is Key to Denuclearization of North Korea

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Zerbo, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. This article first appeared on Arms Control Association website on November 1, 2018. – The Editor VIENNA (IDN-INPS) ...

Created on 20 November 2018

14. Experts Push for Trump-Putin Accord on Nuclear Forces Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... treaty marked the first time the superpowers had agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals, eliminate an entire category of nuclear weapons, and utilize extensive on-site inspections for verification. It ...

Created on 19 November 2018

15. A Punitive Approach to Iran's Missile Activities Will Not Fix the Problem

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... thus regards its existing ballistic missile arsenal as sufficient for regional deterrence. Iranian officials" repeated references to this policy appear to be supported by evidence. The first step in ...

Created on 16 November 2018

16. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... treaty, argued that ballistic missile defence could provoke an arms race, and that it might provoke a surprise first-strike against the nation fielding the defence. The Russians regarded the Bush annulment ...

Created on 13 November 2018

17. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... public statement submitted in October to the UN General Assembly's First Committee in New York. The statement is the tenth of its kind issued by the group since 2014. For the first time it also stresses ...

Created on 11 November 2018

18. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

19. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Project Articles)

By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

20. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Beatrice Fihn at the seminar, told participants: "At present, nuclear-armed states simply have no plans to disarm. So first, you have to agree on the general goal, and prohibit the weapon. Only afterwards ...

Created on 08 November 2018