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1. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance

(GDPR Compliance)

... You can also read our terms of use to learn more about the permitted use of TNFW content . If you haven't found the answer you're looking for please contact us. Registered in Berlin, Germany HRB 117573 ...

Created on 21 March 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... will inspire other African nations to adhere to the Treaty. "As a continent, Africa has historically taken a strong position against nuclear weapons; now individual countries have a unique opportunity ...

Created on 28 February 2019

3. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and global commitments on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and highlighted CTBT-NWFZ nexus. ‘’The CTBT and NWFZ have complementary objectives, shared concerns and a common vision – that is ...

Created on 27 February 2019

4. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Russia in imposing sanctions. But it has never quite squeezed hard enough to have a real effect. Some observers wonder how steadfast an ally China will be in the future. If war broke out between the ...

Created on 26 February 2019

5. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and address gaps in their country’s regulatory framework for the security of radioactive material,” said Paulina Gizowska, IAEA Nuclear Security Officer. “The participants have complete ownership of the ...

Created on 25 February 2019

6. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... ballistic missiles equipped with hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs). [2019-02-24] HGVs are unpowered after separation and do not follow a ballistic flight path after the boost phase. They may have ...

Created on 24 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... forums for experts and policymakers based in Geneva and beyond to have frank and constructive conversations across the spectrum of concerns this body must deal with. 2019 provides an opportunity to build ...

Created on 23 February 2019

8. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... him to be the major cause of global destabilization." [2019-02-22] "Nobody could have known," Ischinger went on to say, "that just a few years later the U.S. President, of all people, would seriously ...

Created on 22 February 2019

9. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  I have to mention here that senior Russian officials sometimes criticized the treaty unfairly, lamenting the destruction of the missiles and claiming that they would still be useful to us. I always felt ...

Created on 21 February 2019

10. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO (IDN) – Nearly 66 years have passed since the Armistice Agreement formally brought about "a complete cessation of hostilities" of the Korean War. One year later, Chinese ...

Created on 20 February 2019

11. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

By Katsuhiro Asagiri TOKYO (IDN) – Nearly 66 years have passed since the Armistice Agreement formally brought about "a complete cessation of hostilities" of the Korean War. One year later, Chinese ...

Created on 20 February 2019

12. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... lasted from 1939 to 1945. The estimated war casualties include those who are believed to have died from war-related causes, including captivity, disease and famine. [2019-02-06 | P20] JAPANESE TEXT ...

Created on 06 February 2019

13. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... lasted from 1939 to 1945. The estimated war casualties include those who are believed to have died from war-related causes, including captivity, disease and famine. [2019-02-06 | P20] JAPANESE TEXT ...

Created on 06 February 2019

14. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Rick Wayman The writer is Deputy Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. (Twitter @rickwayman) SANTA BARBARA, CA (IDN) – There is no shortage of critics who have pointed out President ...

Created on 04 February 2019

15. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... States have a specific role to prevent authorization and funding for new more sophisticated and usable nuclear weapons that increase the risk of destruction of humanity by accident, miscalculation or intent," ...

Created on 31 January 2019

17. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the costs and limitations of defence capabilities and the long-standing obstacles that have prevented them from working as intended. For example, the $67 billion GMD system designed to defend the U.S. ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on both sides, since the time of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev, have feared their destructive power. The supposed value of nuclear arsenal, so called Mutually Assured Destruction, known by its ...

Created on 29 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... has been deposited with the UN Secretary-General. Hitherto 70 countries have signed and 20 ratified the Treaty. Dr. Ikeda  urges the creation of a group of like-minded states to deepen the debate ...

Created on 28 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in accuracy, range, and lethality.” The report states that Iran’s “desire to have a strategic counter to the United States” could cause it to deploy an intercontinental ballistic missile and that investments ...

Created on 25 January 2019