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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and North Korea - accept voluntary restraint?” During the time of President Bill Clinton North Korea agreed to eliminate missiles with a range over 500 kilometers. The deal wasn’t finalized. Today it ...

Created on 13 November 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... capped at equal levels the number of heavy weapons deployed between the Atlantic and the Urals by members of both the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the Warsaw Treaty Organization (WTO). ...

Created on 28 October 2018

3. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... said coverage of recent diplomatic events, such as the Iran nuclear deal and the denuclearization efforts in North Korea, only reflect a small fraction of the possible consequences of a nuclear event. ...

Created on 27 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK (IDN) – Iceland, the most sparsely populated country in Europe, has no standing army. But it is a founding member of the 29-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), ...

Created on 25 October 2018

5. Time Out for Nukes!

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea – and their nuclear alliance states are supporting the new ban treaty. This is the time for Russia and China to step forward, with whichever other nuclear ...

Created on 22 October 2018

6. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... first appeared in the Inaugural Issue: The North Korea Denuclearization Digest on October 3, 2018. It is being reproduced courtesy Arms Control Association. – The Editor WASHIGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – ...

Created on 05 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of compulsions imposed by the North Korean threat, delicate relations with China and the U.S. nuclear umbrella. One of the events was the joint antinuclear exhibition of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) ...

Created on 30 September 2018

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

(Project Articles)

... of compulsions imposed by the North Korean threat, delicate relations with China and the U.S. nuclear umbrella. One of the events was the joint antinuclear exhibition of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) ...

Created on 30 September 2018

9. Peacebuilders for a Nuclear-Weapon Free World

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with nuclear weapons: North Korea, Pakistan, India and China in Asia, Israel in the Middle East and France and the United Kingdom in Europe. The instability and tensions of current world politics merit ...

Created on 27 September 2018

10. My Life Will Never be the Same Again

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Kazakhstan Region in north-east Kazakhstan. Named after Soviet nuclear physicist Igor Kurchatov, the town was once the center of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. The nuclear ...

Created on 15 September 2018

11. Kudos for Kazakhstan's 'Leading Role' as UN General Assembly Campaigns for Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... CTBT opened for signature in 1996, 183 States have signed the Treaty, of which 166 have ratified. Only three countries have violated this norm since 1996, and only one country – North Korea – has tested ...

Created on 07 September 2018

12. Test-Ban Treaty Will Produce Tangible Benefits for Humankind

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... verification to monitor an end to nuclear tests in North Korea as part of any denuclearization agreement. The CTBTO and its verification regime can be explicitly called upon to verify this aspect of an ...

Created on 06 September 2018

13. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... facto ban, these tests are unfortunately still taking place. Only one year ago, North Korea conducted its most recent nuclear test." Germany's chief priority therefore continues to be fighting the proliferation ...

Created on 30 August 2018

14. Calls for Making Global Nuclear Test Ban Legally Binding

(Project Articles)

... facto ban, these tests are unfortunately still taking place. Only one year ago, North Korea conducted its most recent nuclear test." Germany's chief priority therefore continues to be fighting the proliferation ...

Created on 30 August 2018

15. California Leads the Way in Support of Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... India, North Korea, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom – hold the rest of the nuclear weapons. In his testimony in support of AJR 33, Rick Wayman, Deputy Director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), ...

Created on 30 August 2018

16. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and North Korea – that together possess around 15,000 nuclear weapons – are willing to abandon their atomic arsenal. This is true of NATO member nuclear weapons sharing states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, ...

Created on 20 August 2018

17. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Project Articles)

... and North Korea – that together possess around 15,000 nuclear weapons – are willing to abandon their atomic arsenal. This is true of NATO member nuclear weapons sharing states (Belgium, Germany, Italy, ...

Created on 20 August 2018

18. Trump and Putin Can Put the Brakes on a New, Potentially More Dangerous, Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  For decades, U.S. leadership has limited the spread of nuclear weapons, drastically reduced the global inventory of these weapons, brought about a halt to all nuclear testing by all but one state (North ...

Created on 07 August 2018

19. A U.S.-Russia Summit That Left Trump In The Hot Seat

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  Putin praised Trump for taking the initiative to resolve the North Korean issue, and his willingness to adhere to the Minsk agreement on the Ukrainian crisis. On Russia's interference in the U.S. elections, ...

Created on 21 July 2018

20. Nuclear Disarmament Is Crucial For Global Security – It Shouldn't Have To Wait

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... have both threatened to withdraw from the INF altogether. Outside of the North Korea-US talks, disarmament and nuclear arms control are all but left out of today’s high-level summits. All the while, ...

Created on 15 July 2018