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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. Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources." However, it adds, in the decades since the adoption of the Charter, ...

Created on 11 November 2018

3. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... First Committee sent a total of 68 draft resolutions and decisions to the General Assembly, many approved by recorded votes. Of these, 26 were approved without a vote, accounting for a lower percentage ...

Created on 11 November 2018

4. Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives

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... First Committee sent a total of 68 draft resolutions and decisions to the General Assembly, many approved by recorded votes. Of these, 26 were approved without a vote, accounting for a lower percentage ...

Created on 11 November 2018

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

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By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN-INPS) – "We know that we cannot fight tomorrow's threats with today’s tools. Defending ourselves is no longer about just looking at a map and deciding where to position ...

Created on 08 November 2018

6. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK (IDN) – With tension rapidly escalating between the United States and Russia – and indeed between these countries and others – a seminar on disarmament held in parallel with ...

Created on 08 November 2018

7. Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik

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By Lowana Veal REYKJAVIK (IDN) – With tension rapidly escalating between the United States and Russia – and indeed between these countries and others – a seminar on disarmament held in parallel with ...

Created on 08 November 2018

8. 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

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

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... the Review Conference should work to find a way beyond this impasse. I encourage the Chair-designate of the third session of the Preparatory Committee to work together with the presumptive President ...

Created on 29 October 2018

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

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... – 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

11. Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict

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...   Christory agreed, underlining the gravity of a potential nuclear conflict. “Most nations would be directly or indirectly affected by a nuclear conflict and the world would be fit with a humanitarian ...

Created on 27 October 2018

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

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... elite counter-terrorism unit Viking Squad also took part. In conjunction with an organizational meeting for Trident Juncture on October 19-20, ten naval warships from the U.S., UK, Denmark and Canada ...

Created on 25 October 2018

13. Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs

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By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu has expressed her "gratitude" to the Kazakhstan for their continued partnership with the UN Office ...

Created on 23 October 2018

14. Full Potential of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Has Yet to be Recognised

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... Protocols to four of the five nuclear-weapon-free zones have yet to be ratified by all the nuclear-weapon States. Even States that have ratified such Protocols, have done so with declarations. Better coordination ...

Created on 23 October 2018

15. Time Out for Nukes!

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Viewpoint by Alice Slater The author is a member of the World Beyond War Coordinating Committee and the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. NEW YORK (IDN) – With 122 nations ...

Created on 22 October 2018

16. India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy

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... challenges have warranted special attention both from regional and global contexts for several decades. India's tumultuous relationship with its neighbours and its desire to be a regional and global power ...

Created on 07 October 2018

17. Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization

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... 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

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

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... 80,000 children die each day due to poverty – most of whom could be saved with food or medication costing less than 1/10th of the cost of one Trident submarine," she said. She drew attention of the Assembly ...

Created on 30 September 2018

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

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... 80,000 children die each day due to poverty – most of whom could be saved with food or medication costing less than 1/10th of the cost of one Trident submarine," she said. She drew attention of the Assembly ...

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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... of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26, which was observed first time in 2014 in accordance with a decision of the UN General Assembly. [P 10] JAPANESE TEXT ...

Created on 30 September 2018