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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Reacting to the radio interview by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to mark Armistice Day, in which he was reported as saying, “We have ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons – a group of diverse faith-based organizations and individuals committed to a nuclear-weapon-free world – have ...

Created on 11 November 2018

3. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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... pointing out that many drafts that have traditionally been approved by consensus had faced voting during the current session. Indeed, some representatives regretted that recorded votes were requested for ...

Created on 11 November 2018

4. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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... pointing out that many drafts that have traditionally been approved by consensus had faced voting during the current session. Indeed, some representatives regretted that recorded votes were requested for ...

Created on 11 November 2018

5. NATO's Gottemoeller Discusses Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence in China

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... a session of Military Application of Artificial Intelligence: NATO was founded in 1949 to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members. We have successfully done so for nearly 70 years because ...

Created on 08 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... and resist the temptation to seek shortcuts that leave out the nuclear weapon states, or ignore our other international commitments. NATO allies have stated clearly that they will not support approaches ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... and resist the temptation to seek shortcuts that leave out the nuclear weapon states, or ignore our other international commitments. NATO allies have stated clearly that they will not support approaches ...

Created on 08 November 2018

8. INF Treaty Decision is a Debacle, But Worse May Be Coming

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... these missiles, which the State Department identified in January 2018 as the 9M729. Diplomatic efforts to resolve the compliance issue have been limited and unsuccessful. Russian officials deny the U.S. ...

Created on 01 November 2018

9. Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Go Hand in Hand

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... the NPT fulfilled its core task: whereas U.S. President John F. Kennedy, speaking in 1963, imagined the world might soon have 15 to 25 nuclear-armed States, today there are only 9. The NPT’s ability to ...

Created on 29 October 2018

10. The INF Treaty Looks Likely to be a Dead Letter by April 2019

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... cruise missile with a range over 500 kilometres. Many details have not been clearly stated publicly, but it seems Russia may have modified a sea-launched missile (the Kalibr) and combined it with a mobile ...

Created on 28 October 2018

11. Participation in Landmark NATO Exercise Reveals Iceland's Dilemma

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... from the Icelandic Forest Service was dispatched immediately after October 20 to investigate the damage that might have been done to birch saplings. The team found that the situation was not as bad as ...

Created on 25 October 2018

12. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

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... UN membership have committed to them. "Nuclear-weapon-free zones can be considered success stories," Nakamitsu said. However, she cautioned that much work remains to be done. Nuclear weapons possessor ...

Created on 23 October 2018

13. Full Potential of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Has Yet to be Recognised

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... and Signatories of Treaties have been a useful tool to foster interaction between zones. However, there is no intersessional process to ensure comprehensive and sustainable coordination in order to fully ...

Created on 23 October 2018

14. Time Out for Nukes!

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... could never be used, warning that “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” Now in 2018, more than 30 years later, when 69 nations have signed the treaty to ban the bomb, and 19 of the ...

Created on 22 October 2018

15. India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy

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... challenges have warranted special attention both from regional and global contexts for several decades. India's tumultuous relationship with its neighbours and its desire to be a regional and global power ...

Created on 07 October 2018

16. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

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... of the Yongbyon nuclear facility, the United States would declare an end to the Korean War, a key demand of Pyongyang that U.S. officials have been reluctant to make absent a major concession by North ...

Created on 05 October 2018

17. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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... possessing nuclear weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals, in 2013 the UN declared September 26 as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. ...

Created on 30 September 2018

18. UN High-Level Meeting Reflects Broad Support for Total Nuclear Disarmament

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... possessing nuclear weapons have well-funded, long-term plans to modernize their nuclear arsenals, in 2013 the UN declared September 26 as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. ...

Created on 30 September 2018

19. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

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... launch in Hiroshima in 2012. The Treaty was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 2017. It opened for signature on September 2017. Until now, 69 countries have signed and 19 ratified ...

Created on 30 September 2018

20. Japan Considers Ways of Shedding the Straitjacket and Go the Whole Hog for Nuclear Abolition

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... launch in Hiroshima in 2012. The Treaty was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 2017. It opened for signature on September 2017. Until now, 69 countries have signed and 19 ratified ...

Created on 30 September 2018