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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Obama. He is pouring tens of billions of dollars into upgrading U.S. nuclear forces. This fits into the Trump philosophy of “America First”. He wants no constraints to be imposed on American foreign ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in the UN’s new  disarmament agenda 'Securing Our Common Future', that the world today stands on the "brink of a new cold war". They fully support the Secretary-General’s call to tackle this new reality ...

Created on 11 November 2018

3. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

4. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – "If one had to pick a single word to describe this year's First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume – in all senses of ...

Created on 11 November 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... as well as opportunities and discussed how NATO is working to ensure it stays ahead of the curve. “We do this by working together, among our 29 members and with our partners and international organisations. ...

Created on 08 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... States have already signed and ratified the TPNW.” ICAN submitted information to Iceland’s Foreign Affairs Committee in March this year in connection with a parliamentary resolution on the prohibition ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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... States have already signed and ratified the TPNW.” ICAN submitted information to Iceland’s Foreign Affairs Committee in March this year in connection with a parliamentary resolution on the prohibition ...

Created on 08 November 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The author is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article appeared on 1 November 2018, and is being reproduced by courtesy of the think-tank. – The ...

Created on 01 November 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Dato' Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob of Malaysia has been appointed as Chair of the Third Preparatory Committee session of this NPT review cycle from April 29 to May 10, 2019 in New York. – The Editor ...

Created on 29 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty). This confirms what has steadily been unfolding over the past couple of years: the architecture of Russian-U.S. nuclear arms control is crumbling. As the cold ...

Created on 28 October 2018

11. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

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By Claire Ochroch This report first appeared on October 25, 2018 in The Daily Pennsylvanian. NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Speakers from across the world stopped by Penn's Perry World House on October 23 ...

Created on 27 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to providing host nation support for Allies operating in the region." Attention was drawn to Trident Juncture "focusing on the defence of Norway, Iceland and the North-Atlantic." This is somewhat embarrassing ...

Created on 25 October 2018

13. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... consolidation involves several aspects. All states within a NWFZ must firstly become parties to the relevant treaty. Once this is achieved, nuclear weapons possessor states must be encouraged to ratify ...

Created on 23 October 2018

14. Time Out for Nukes!

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... arms race. An honest appraisal of the bad actors in this frightening scenario for the destruction of all life on earth, must conclude that the U.S. has been the constant provocateur in the relationship, ...

Created on 22 October 2018

15. India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Weapon Free World (NWFW), the exaggeration of this relationship is potentially detrimental. India has managed to gradually define its parameters for nuclear weapons in a manner that reflects its resistance ...

Created on 07 October 2018

16. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Kelsey Davenport & Alicia Sanders-Zakre Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy and Alicia Sanders-Zakre is research assistant at the Arms Control Association. This article ...

Created on 05 October 2018

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Weapons (ICAN), Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will declared: "For us, abolishing nuclear weapons is about preventing violence and promoting peace." "Some say this is a dream, that we live in a time ...

Created on 30 September 2018

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

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... Weapons (ICAN), Ray Acheson from Reaching Critical Will declared: "For us, abolishing nuclear weapons is about preventing violence and promoting peace." "Some say this is a dream, that we live in a time ...

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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... without taking into account the security aspect: both Nuclear Weapons States and states facing security threat, such as Japan. For this reason, neither of the two groups has participated in the Treaty ...

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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... without taking into account the security aspect: both Nuclear Weapons States and states facing security threat, such as Japan. For this reason, neither of the two groups has participated in the Treaty ...

Created on 30 September 2018