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1. South Africa: From Nuclear Armed State to Disarmament Hero

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... [2019-02-28] On this occasion, 2017 Nobel laureate International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has commended South Africa’s continued leadership on nuclear disarmament and hopes its action ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... his address to participants, Mustapha Guitouni, Algerian Minister of Energy, also underlined the importance of promoting international cooperation as a factor in preserving peace and security. In this ...

Created on 27 February 2019

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... weapons. [2019-02-26] Nevertheless, the North has stopped nuclear testing. The U.S. only stopped in 1992 and France in 1996, so this is a very important step forward. It should not be minimized as ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Nations, for nearly two years. Against this backdrop, lawyers and nuclear scientists from 10 African countries reviewed the status of their countries’ regulatory frameworks for the security of radioactive ...

Created on 25 February 2019

5. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... an enhanced ability to overcome missile defences due to both this manoeuvrability as well as their depressed trajectories relative to standard ballistic missiles, explains the study by the United Nations ...

Created on 24 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... security are growing. Yet despite this dismal picture, there are opportunities. And I know that many of you believe that disarmament and arms control efforts are critical to your own security. It is ...

Created on 23 February 2019

7. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... challenge the current international order. Donald Trump questions free trade just like he questions the Western set of values or NATO. This has massive consequences – not just for us Europeans." It was ...

Created on 22 February 2019

8. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... countries of Eastern and Western Europe agreed on a drastic reduction of their armed forces and weapons. This was the “peace dividend” from which everyone benefited — Europeans most of all — as a result ...

Created on 21 February 2019

9. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... countries – South Korea, USA, China, Russia and Japan – do not seem to synchronize with each other. Against this backdrop, what the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his New Year speech assumes ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... countries – South Korea, USA, China, Russia and Japan – do not seem to synchronize with each other. Against this backdrop, what the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his New Year speech assumes ...

Created on 20 February 2019

11. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... established by the NPT. All this bodes ill for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT. The previous one in 2015 did not achieve consensus due to longstanding disagreements between nuclear and non-nuclear ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... established by the NPT. All this bodes ill for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT. The previous one in 2015 did not achieve consensus due to longstanding disagreements between nuclear and non-nuclear ...

Created on 06 February 2019

13. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in the nuclear arms race. This disintegration of the arms control regime is a dangerous pattern that started with President George W. Bush’s 2002 abrogation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The ...

Created on 04 February 2019

14. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article was posted on the Association's website as an Issue Brief on February 1, 2019. WASHINGTON, ...

Created on 02 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Support global nuclear disarmament! This is the crux of an impassioned appeal by mayors, parliamentarians, policy experts and civil society representatives from forty countries – mostly Europe and North ...

Created on 31 January 2019

16. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Kingston A. Reif The writer is director for disarmament and threat reduction policy at Arms Control Association (ACA). He casts a close look at the '2019 Missile Defense Review'. This ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... he be pushing for such a significant anti-Russian policy?) The Americans are planning a new deployment of nuclear rockets and the radar to go with them, this time supposedly aimed at Iran but with also ...

Created on 29 January 2019

18. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... in its space program could expedite this development. It also reiterated Trump administration claims that Iranian space development will allow it to more easily develop an ICBM. “Iran, through its ...

Created on 25 January 2019

20. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... “This is a demonstration of India’s commitment to nuclear issues and disarmament,” a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. With its focus on junior diplomats from a geographically ...

Created on 23 January 2019