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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... to make a significant impact towards the rapid entry into force of The Nuclear Ban Treaty," said ICAN. South Africa’s ratification of the TPNW is unique, because of its own history with nuclear weapons. ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of international security by refraining a nuclear arms race,’’ he said. Guitouni also expressed Algerian government’s support to AFCONE efforts to establish effective and sustainable cooperation with ...

Created on 27 February 2019

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... North and South Korea how would it deal with the North’s nuclear weapons? Would it seek to quickly impound them? And if it tried to, does its army have the capability of doing so? Or would it tolerate ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... said regulations had to be created with their users in mind. “What will an operator understand when interpreting our regulations and how can we make the implementation of our regulations at facilities ...

Created on 25 February 2019

5. UN Warns Against Emerging Hypersonic Weapon Technologies

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... ballistic missiles equipped with hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs). [2019-02-24] HGVs are unpowered after separation and do not follow a ballistic flight path after the boost phase. They may have ...

Created on 24 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... forums for experts and policymakers based in Geneva and beyond to have frank and constructive conversations across the spectrum of concerns this body must deal with. 2019 provides an opportunity to build ...

Created on 23 February 2019

7. Europe Ventures to Speak Up Against USA

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... 'Trumpism', by prefacing his speech with: "I bring greetings from the 45th president of the United States of America, President Donald Trump.” There was pin drop silence in the hall filled with some ...

Created on 22 February 2019

8. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on every continent. I am also concerned, and not only because I signed that treaty with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Dec. 1987. These events are yet another manifestation of the dangerous and ...

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)

... action in armed conflict. At the end of World War I, the League of Nations was created in January 1920 with the mission of maintaining peace and achieving the limitation of armaments. It was succeeded ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... action in armed conflict. At the end of World War I, the League of Nations was created in January 1920 with the mission of maintaining peace and achieving the limitation of armaments. It was succeeded ...

Created on 06 February 2019

13. Trashing Treaties: It’s Not Just Trump

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Donald Trump’s monumental strategic mistake in unilaterally withdrawing the United States from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. It is indeed a blunder of the highest degree that not ...

Created on 04 February 2019

14. Next Steps Out Of The INF Treaty Crisis

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... formally notify other parties to the treaty that it will withdraw in six months if Russia does not return to compliance by eliminating its ground-launched 9M729 missile, which the United States alleges ...

Created on 02 February 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the INF Treaty, and the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal with Iran, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). They are also troubled by unresolved conflicts between Russia and the West including ...

Created on 31 January 2019

16. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... North Korea or Iran. In addition, the review proposes “to further thicken defensive capabilities for the U.S. homeland” with the new Aegis SM-3 Block IIA interceptor, hundreds of which could eventually ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... we are in 2019 with a new American nuclear initiative – 2019 Missile Defense Review (MDR) – announced on January 17. (I doubt that president Donald Trump is in the clutches of Russia. Otherwise, why would ...

Created on 29 January 2019

18. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... program will be subject to restrictions and more intrusive inspections that block its ability to build a nuclear weapon and thus prevent the country from arming its ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads. ...

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