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1. Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America… We need a true European army”, President Donald Trump blew a fuse. He tweeted: “President Macron of France has ...

Created on 13 November 2018

2. 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

3. 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

4. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... October 7 and is expected to meet with Chairman Kim Jong-un. Pompeo's trip could potentially jump-start action-for-action steps designed to advance the objectives agreed to by President Donald Trump ...

Created on 05 October 2018

5. The World Needs a Strong Legal Framework for Complete Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... good examples of CBMs, as in the case of the “Inter-Korean thaw”, and the Singapore Summit, due to successful personal efforts of President Trump. These can inspire other positive outcomes of goodwill ...

Created on 28 September 2018

6. Uncertainty About Whether the U.S. and Russia Can Avert a New Arms Race

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... with the 2016 U.S. elections on behalf of the Trump campaign and suspicions that then-candidate Donald Trump encouraged that effort have further complicated the bilateral relationship and cast doubt on ...

Created on 02 September 2018

7. U.S. Goes for 'Space Force All the Way'

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Viewpoint by Alice Slater*, The Hill NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – […] Vice-President Mike Pence announced the Trump administration’s plan for a new military command, the U.S. Space Force, emphasizing ...

Created on 21 August 2018

8. Little Progress in Nuclear Disarmament Since Helsinki Summit

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Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – Everything gets said, nothing gets done. When President Donald Trump met President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, we were promised all ...

Created on 21 August 2018

9. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of nuclear weapons are spending vast sums to modernize their arsenals," he said. This, Masato Tainaka commented in the The Asahi Shimbun, was "a thinly veiled attack on the Trump administration". Guterres, ...

Created on 20 August 2018

10. 73 Years On, a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World Remains a Mirage

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... of nuclear weapons are spending vast sums to modernize their arsenals," he said. This, Masato Tainaka commented in the The Asahi Shimbun, was "a thinly veiled attack on the Trump administration". Guterres, ...

Created on 20 August 2018

11. Trump and Putin Can Put the Brakes on a New, Potentially More Dangerous, Arms Race

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Viewpoint by Thomas M. Countryman, Kingston A. Reif and Daryl G. Kimball The following analysis is the Arms Control Association's latest Issue Brief with the caption Can Trump and Putin Head Off a ...

Created on 07 August 2018

12. Study Finds Congressional Attention on Nuclear Security Waning as Nuclear Terrorism Threat Persists

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... in this field. This report is divided into five sections. The first section assesses the current nuclear security threat environment and summarizes the Trump administration’s actions on nuclear security ...

Created on 26 July 2018

13. A U.S.-Russia Summit That Left Trump In The Hot Seat

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Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* NEW YORK (IDN | INPS) – In a historic bilateral summit, the United States President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. ...

Created on 21 July 2018

14. Nuclear Disarmament Is Crucial For Global Security – It Shouldn't Have To Wait

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... NATO Summit and the upcoming Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki present the best opportunities in years for today’s leaders to emulate their more distinguished predecessors, who understood that disarmament ...

Created on 15 July 2018

15. Iran Sandwiched Between 'Regime Change' Threat and Menacing Discontent Within

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By Mortezagholi Raissi BERLIN (IDN) – Plagued by domestic turmoil and the Trump Administration threatening regime change, not only the government in Iran but the entire theocratic regime too are faced ...

Created on 09 July 2018

16. Trump-Putin Summit A New Opportunity To Ban The Bomb

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... Peace May be Breaking Out!! https://worldbeyondwar.org/watch-out-world-peace-may-be-breaking-out/ NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – Less than a week or so before Donald Trump's groundbreaking meeting planned with ...

Created on 08 July 2018

17. Diplomacy With North Korea Crucial To Denuclearization

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Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball Contrary to President Donald Trump’s claim that there is “no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea” following his June 12 summit meeting with Kim Jong Un, the mission ...

Created on 04 July 2018

18. NPT Proves To Be An Exercise In Bad Faith As It Turns 50

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... negotiated the “Iran deal” which provided more stringent inspections of Iran’s enrichment activity, now under assault by the U.S. with the election of Donald Trump as president. Despite the passage of ...

Created on 03 July 2018

19. UN Chief Favours Implementation of Iran Nuclear Deal

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... – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the nuclear deal with Iran is at a “crossroads” and expressed his deep regret over U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the agreement and ...

Created on 30 June 2018

20. Experts Accentuate the Significance of Trump-Putin Summit

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... U.S. and Russia for further strategic nuclear arms reductions. Whether presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin would turn over a new leaf when they meet in Helsinki, Finland on July 16 remains to be ...

Created on 30 June 2018