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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting.” In fact Trump’s reaction was based on reading a false report of what Macron ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and the call to justice; we are united in our determination to protect the vulnerable and to exercise the stewardship that will safeguard Earth for present and future generations," says the group in the ...

Created on 11 November 2018

3. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN-INPS) – "We know that we cannot fight tomorrow's threats with today’s tools. Defending ourselves is no longer about just looking at a map and deciding where to position ...

Created on 08 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the largest to date. In a keynote speech, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller stressed that NATO “must persist in working within the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... the largest to date. In a keynote speech, NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller stressed that NATO “must persist in working within the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons) ...

Created on 08 November 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Earlier this year, President Donald Trump told reporters that he wanted to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin "to discuss the arms race, which is getting ...

Created on 01 November 2018

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

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...  NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Supporting the 2020 NPT Review cycle is among the highest priorities of my Office. I welcome all initiatives, such as this, that remove negotiators from the basement of the UN’s ...

Created on 29 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... – The Editor STOCKHOLM (IDN-INPS) – At a political rally on October 20, U.S. President Donald J. Trump announced that the United States will withdraw from the 1987 Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range ...

Created on 28 October 2018

11. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Costa Rica, talked about the efforts that the United Nations is working towards disarmament.   “The United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, it was adopted ...

Created on 27 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Thorvaldur Orn Arnason informed the group about the reforestation that had been ongoing in the delicate Thjorsardalur area, where over 20,000 birch saplings had been planted over the last 15 years. Despite ...

Created on 25 October 2018

13. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to guarantee compliance with the obligations deriving from that statute." Nakamitsu also commended Ashikbayev for his "active and personal dedication to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and ...

Created on 23 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Securing Our Common Future, these zones are “landmark instruments” that represent an excellent example of the synergy between regional and global efforts towards a nuclear weapon free world. Although ...

Created on 23 October 2018

15. Time Out for Nukes!

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... having voted last summer (July 2017) to adopt a treaty for the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons, just as the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, its seems that the world is locked ...

Created on 22 October 2018

16. India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with the accent on a regime that was global, universal and non-discriminatory.] Nevertheless, proliferation of nuclear weapons and the current international security environment has created a tense space ...

Created on 07 October 2018

17. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

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

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – The United Nations has pursued the goal of nuclear disarmament since the adoption of the very first General Assembly resolution in 1946. But aware that countries ...

Created on 30 September 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and the 2017 Nobel Peace laureate, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) titled "Everything You Treasure – For a World Free From Nuclear Weapons" that opened for the first time in Tokyo ...

Created on 30 September 2018