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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)

... 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

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... line on foreign affairs.) The North also has begun dismantling a missile-engine test site. Set against that, the U.S. intelligence community and independent observers say it is continuing to build intercontinental ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... believe they are emerging, leaving open the possibility that the two parties could discuss and reach agreement on including HGVs in the Treaty’s scope. "The prospects of this happening would not however ...

Created on 24 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of you argue that it is because of the global security context which is increasingly dire. The possibility of regional conflicts engulfing great powers is real. We are on the precipice of a multipolar ...

Created on 23 February 2019

6. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... article in the run-up to the 2019 Munich Security Conference (MSC) that he chairs. He added: "When Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea and started the bloody conflict in Eastern Ukraine in 2014, many considered ...

Created on 22 February 2019

7. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on every continent. I am also concerned, and not only because I signed that treaty with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Dec. 1987. These events are yet another manifestation of the dangerous and ...

Created on 21 February 2019

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... DC (IDN-INPS) – The Trump administration announced on February 1 that effective February 2, the United States will suspend implementation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, and ...

Created on 02 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  Subsequent to President Trump's announcement on October 20, 2018 of his intent to withdraw the United States from the INF Treaty, the State Department has signalled that the U.S. will suspend implementation ...

Created on 31 January 2019

15. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... proposes a significant and costly expansion of the role and scope of U.S. missile defences that is likely to exacerbate Russian and Chinese concerns about the threat to their strategic nuclear deterrents, ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... capitals, MAD, is in fact valueless. They cannot be used, and nearly everyone accepts that. [2019-01-29] Yet they continue to exist and, as President Mikhail Gorbachev and his ally in nuclear arms ...

Created on 29 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... lead in this initiative, stating: "Since Japan has declared its desire to serve as a bridge between the nuclear-weapon and non-nuclear-weapon states, it makes sense that it should take the initiative in ...

Created on 28 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the Middle East as a missile threat, noting that “one of Iran’s primary tools of coercion and force projection is its missile arsenal, which is characterized by increasing numbers, as well as increases ...

Created on 25 January 2019

19. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... hosting 27 young diplomats – all below the age of 35 – for three weeks until February 1. Countries that have sent participants include Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Egypt and ...

Created on 23 January 2019

20. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... hosting 27 young diplomats – all below the age of 35 – for three weeks until February 1. Countries that have sent participants include Vietnam, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Egypt and ...

Created on 23 January 2019