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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN) – South Africa, the only country that went from developing its own nuclear arsenal to dismantling it and being an outspoken advocate against these weapons of mass destruction, ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... by the Pelindaba Treaty, establishing Africa as Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (NWFZ) in 2009, AFCONE plays an important role in regional efforts on disarmament and non-proliferation. It also promotes peaceful ...

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. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... hypersonic weapons do not count towards the limits of the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), which is the key arms control agreement limiting the strategic delivery systems of the two major nuclear ...

Created on 24 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the prerogative of States whether to seize those opportunities and make the most of them. In 2020, we will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ...

Created on 23 February 2019

6. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Nord Stream 2 oil pipeline between Russia and Germany. Alluding to Turkey's plan to buy the Russian S-400 missile defense system, Pence said: "We will not stand idly by while NATO allies purchase weapons ...

Created on 22 February 2019

7. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... I) and mutual steps towards eliminating a significant part of all tactical nuclear weapons. The two states revised their military doctrines to reduce their reliance on nuclear weapons, slashing their number ...

Created on 21 February 2019

8. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the years, he noted. Yun pleaded for a "systematic approach" to a peace agreement , dismantling of nuclear weapons and verification Yang Yiyu, Senior Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies ...

Created on 20 February 2019

9. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... the years, he noted. Yun pleaded for a "systematic approach" to a peace agreement , dismantling of nuclear weapons and verification Yang Yiyu, Senior Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... VERSION PDF | SPANISH Nuclear weapons were used for the first time in 1945. By today’s standards, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs can be considered “low-yield”, but together they killed over ...

Created on 06 February 2019

11. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... VERSION PDF | SPANISH Nuclear weapons were used for the first time in 1945. By today’s standards, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs can be considered “low-yield”, but together they killed over ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... dangerous, is Tim Morrison, who works to promote nuclear weapons as a staff member of the National Security Council. Morrison worked for Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona back in 2010 when Kyl led the opposition ...

Created on 04 February 2019

13. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... bloated strategic nuclear arsenals and to withdraw thousands of tactical nuclear weapons from forward-deployed areas. The INF Treaty continues to serve as a check on some of the most destabilizing types ...

Created on 02 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... over Crimea and Syria, and between nuclear-armed states in other regions including South Asia and the South China Sea. They are worried about further development and modernization of nuclear weapons and ...

Created on 31 January 2019

15. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... intercontinental undersea torpedo and hypersonic glide vehicles, President Vladimir Putin described the rationale for the new weapons largely in terms of concern about U.S. missile defence systems. China ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) – The number of nuclear weapons possessed by the U.S. and Russia is a fraction of what it was during the height of the Cold War. Successive presidents ...

Created on 29 January 2019

17. Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Sustainable Development: Buddhist Leader Urges Increased Role For Youth

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Ramesh Jaura BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN) – The need to accelerate progress toward the abolition of nuclear weapons, encourage youth engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and expand ...

Created on 28 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  The review also claims, without providing any evidence, that U.S. missile defenses serve to deter Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons and ICBMs since the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. ...

Created on 25 January 2019

19. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... campaigns to ban landmines, cluster munitions and more recently nuclear weapons. "The cut-off age for your programme could not have been more appropriately chosen – every member of the staff of the International ...

Created on 23 January 2019

20. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... campaigns to ban landmines, cluster munitions and more recently nuclear weapons. "The cut-off age for your programme could not have been more appropriately chosen – every member of the staff of the International ...

Created on 23 January 2019