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1. The US Conceding Alone Would Lead to Successful Negotiations: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... the whole long-time crisis, going right back to the revolution that overthrew the shah in 1979. To overcome the suspicions aroused by that, now past, the tactic is not easy. That is not just my opinion ...; Created on 28 December 2021
2. Stockholm Initiative Determined to Achieve the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... gathering welcomed the additional 20 NPT States Parties that have formally aligned themselves with the Initiative’s documents. Expectedly, the Stockholm Peace Initiative encourages all States Parties "to ...; Created on 25 December 2021
3. Stockholm Initiative Determined to Achieve the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: (Project Articles); ... gathering welcomed the additional 20 NPT States Parties that have formally aligned themselves with the Initiative’s documents. Expectedly, the Stockholm Peace Initiative encourages all States Parties "to ...; Created on 25 December 2021
4. An Important TPNW Signal from Germany—But Nothing More: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Germany, as in NATO in general, was that the NPT had priority and TPNW was superfluous and disruptive in the deliberations on the NPT. The argument against TPNW was, according to former Foreign Minister ...; Created on 22 December 2021
5. A New Cold War Between Russia and The West Is Unnecessary: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... was the first person to use the phrase “Cold War” in a 1945 newspaper article, written just after the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. [2021-12-21] He argued that “the surface of the earth ...; Created on 21 December 2021
6. Mayors for Peace Say the Danger of Nuclear War Is Real and Growing: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... of Mayors for Peace, a global non-governmental organization with 8,059 member cities, we are writing to express our views prior to the NPT Review Conference that will open next January in New York. We ...; Created on 18 December 2021
7. Elimination of ICBMs Would Greatly Reduce the Chances of a Global Nuclear Holocaust: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... that’s understandable. But such a coping strategy has limited value. And those who are making vast profits from preparations for global annihilation are further empowered by our avoidance. [2021-12-16-21] ...; Created on 16 December 2021
8. Elimination of ICBMs Would Greatly Reduce the Chances of a Global Nuclear Holocaust: (Project Articles); ... that’s understandable. But such a coping strategy has limited value. And those who are making vast profits from preparations for global annihilation are further empowered by our avoidance. [2021-12-16-21] ...; Created on 16 December 2021
9. Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Long Elusive, is Making Progress, say Experts: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... UN Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out that the five existing zones include 60 per cent of the UN’s 193 Member States—and cover almost all of the Southern Hemisphere. “Expanding such zones ...; Created on 04 December 2021
10. Middle East Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone, Long Elusive, is Making Progress, say Experts: (Project Articles); ... Secretary-General António Guterres pointed out that the five existing zones include 60 per cent of the UN’s 193 Member States—and cover almost all of the Southern Hemisphere. “Expanding such zones to ...; Created on 04 December 2021
11. It Is High Time to End Reliance on Nuclear Armaments: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN) — It's almost twenty-five years since General George Lee Butler made his confessional statement before the National Press Club in Washington—that as ...; Created on 30 November 2021
12. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... Committee (ENDC)[1] to negotiate, as a matter of urgency, a treaty to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and set forth the principles on which that instrument should be based. Among the main ...; Created on 30 November 2021
13. The NPT Will Probably Endure, But Its Longevity May Be at Stake: (Project Articles); ... Committee (ENDC)[1] to negotiate, as a matter of urgency, a treaty to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and set forth the principles on which that instrument should be based. Among the main ...; Created on 30 November 2021
14. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU), the unfortunate reality remains that none of the nuclear navies using HEU is interested in converting to LEU fuel or to allow International ...; Created on 27 November 2021
15. The Challenge of Nuclear Submarine Proliferation: (Project Articles); ... highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU), the unfortunate reality remains that none of the nuclear navies using HEU is interested in converting to LEU fuel or to allow International ...; Created on 27 November 2021
16. Driving Nuclear Submarines Through IAEA Safeguards!: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... fuel and to convert such fuel from weapon-grade highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to low enriched uranium (LEU); the unfortunate reality remains that none of the nuclear navies using HEU are interested in ...; Created on 25 November 2021
17. The High Stakes of the U.S.-Russia Confrontation over Ukraine: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... an offensive against Donetsk and Luhansk, and Russia assembled thousands of troops along Ukraine’s eastern border. On that occasion, Ukraine and NATO blinked and called off the offensive. This time ...; Created on 23 November 2021
18. Achieving The Possible Against the Odds: “A Middle East Nuclear and WMD Free Zone”: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... NWFZ treaty, all are in force; and Mongolia declared itself to be a nuclear-weapon-free space that was approved by the Great Hural in 2000 and endorsed by UNGA in 2002. Thus, the entire southern hemisphere ...; Created on 22 November 2021
19. Iran’s Failure to Cooperate with the IAEA is Raising Tensions: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); ... that production of parts had not resumed. [2021-11-19] On both occasions, Iran refused to allow the IAEA to visit the facility. Iran similarly refused access to inspectors in September, but the ...; Created on 19 November 2021
20. New Report Shows Impact of Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on Nuclear Weapons Business: (Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses); By ICAN GENEVA (IDN) — A new report released by ICAN and PAX has found that the number of banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies investing in the production of nuclear weapons ...; Created on 11 November 2021