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1. South Africa: From Nuclear Armed State to Disarmament Hero

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – South Africa, the only country that went from developing its own nuclear arsenal to dismantling it and being an outspoken advocate against these weapons of mass destruction, ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By CTBTO Preparatory Commission VIENNA (IDN-INPS) – The CTBTO participated in the Africa Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) special session held in Algiers from February 12-13, 2019. Created ...

Created on 27 February 2019

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... U.S./UN troops crossing the border from south to north to do that job, fearing that the U.S. would then effectively take over the North? A handful of U.S. scholars, most notably Oriana Skylar Mastro ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Nations, for nearly two years. Against this backdrop, lawyers and nuclear scientists from 10 African countries reviewed the status of their countries’ regulatory frameworks for the security of radioactive ...

Created on 25 February 2019

5. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  Photo: A U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center B-52 Stratofortress from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., carries an X-51A Waverider prior to the scramjet’s first hypersonic flight test on March 26, 2010. ...

Created on 24 February 2019

6. On the Precipice of a Multipolar Qualitative Nuclear Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu Following are extensive excerpts from a video briefing by Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), to the 65-nation Conference ...

Created on 23 February 2019

7. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 'Trumpism', by prefacing his speech with: "I bring greetings from the 45th president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump.” There was pin drop silence in the hall filled with some ...

Created on 22 February 2019

8. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... by more than 80 percent from their highpoint during the Cold War. The process started at that time had an affect beyond nuclear weapons alone. The Chemical Weapons Convention was signed in 1997 and the ...

Created on 21 February 2019

9. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... from that to a permanent peace agreement to replace the Armistice Agreement. But as the five different perspectives revealed, it is going to be an uphill task to usher in an era of stable peace on the ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... from that to a permanent peace agreement to replace the Armistice Agreement. But as the five different perspectives revealed, it is going to be an uphill task to usher in an era of stable peace on the ...

Created on 20 February 2019

11. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... quite recent. World War I lasted from July 1914 to November 1918 and claimed some 40 million lives, among civilians and combatants. In all, between 70-85 million people perished during World War II that ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... quite recent. World War I lasted from July 1914 to November 1918 and claimed some 40 million lives, among civilians and combatants. In all, between 70-85 million people perished during World War II that ...

Created on 06 February 2019

13. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Donald Trump’s monumental strategic mistake in unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is indeed a blunder of the highest degree that not ...

Created on 04 February 2019

14. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... can fly beyond the 500-kilometer range limit set by the treaty. [2019-02-02] The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. intelligence agencies assess that the Russians now have four (up from three) battalions ...

Created on 02 February 2019

15. Mayors, Legislators Push For A Nuclear Weapons Free World

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Support global nuclear disarmament! This is the crux of an impassioned appeal by mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty countries – mostly Europe and North ...

Created on 31 January 2019

16. Time To Leave The Nuclear Age, Create A Green Planet At Peace - Chinese

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...  新的和平协议应该对众议院和参议院军事委员会成员提出类似要求。当他们从军火行业获得超过25万美元的捐款时，我们怎么能指望这些委员会的主席、民主党众议员亚当·斯密或共和党参议员詹姆斯·因霍夫会是真心要促成和平的呢？ 一个名为“摆脱战争机器”（Divest from the War Machine）的联盟敦促所有国会议员承诺拒绝军火行业的资金，因为他们每年都会投票表决五角大楼为新武器拨款数千亿美元的预算。 ...

Created on 31 January 2019

17. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and destabilizing departure from longstanding policy and contradicts the text of the review, which limits U.S. homeland missiles defence to their traditional role of defending against limited attacks from ...

Created on 30 January 2019

18. Time Is Running Out For Sensible Decision-Making On Missile Defences

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... This would be a missile shield. Thus nobody would get hurt. 36 years later there is no sign of such a system working. At the same time Trump has threatened to withdraw from the 1987 Intermediate-Range ...

Created on 29 January 2019

19. Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Sustainable Development: Buddhist Leader Urges Increased Role For Youth

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... media initiative. With an eye on the 2020 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), scheduled to hold its third session from April 29 to May 10, 2019 at United Nations Headquarters ...

Created on 28 January 2019

20. New U.S. Report Focuses On Possible Future Iranian ICBM

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... a future threat from nuclear-armed Iranian ICBMs is dubious at best. Iran has committed to voluntarily cap the range of its ballistic missiles to 2,000 kilometers (an ICBM has a range in excess of 5,500 ...

Created on 25 January 2019