Trump Breaks Nuclear Taboos, Strives For Supremacy

By Daryl G. Kimball and Kingston A. Reif

Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association and Kingston A. Reif its Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy. This article appeared as Issue Brief on February 15, 2018 with the caption ‘The New U.S. Nuclear Strategy is Flawed and Dangerous. Here’s Why.’ It is being reproduced with permission from the Association. – The Editor.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – In December 2016, President Donald Trump tweeted that the United States “must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” and later told MSNBC that he would “outmatch” and “outlast” other potential competitors in a nuclear arms race. The comments mostly prompted condemnation in the United States and around the world and raised concerns about the direction the president would take U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

Those concerns, it turns out, were well justified.

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Kick Off To A Nuclear Race Threatening Doomsday – Bahasa

Memulai Perlombaan Nuklir Yang Mengancam Hari Kiamat

Sudut Pandang Sergio Duarte

Penulis merupakan Presiden dari Konferensi Pugwash mengenai Sains dan Urusan Dunia Peraih Nobel Perdamaian 1995 serta mantan Duta Besar Brazil yang melayani di pos-pos kunci.

NEW YORK (IDN) – Seakan sebuah kebetulan, hampir secara bersamaan dunia mempelajari Jam Kiamat yang bergerak lebih dekat menuju tengah malam dan pelepasan Tinjauan Postur Nuklir 2018 (NPR) oleh pemerintah Amerika Serikat.

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Trump Awaits a ‘Magical Moment’ to Ban Nuclear Weapons

核兵器禁止の「魔法の瞬間」を待つトランプ

【国連IDN＝シャンタ・ロイ】

２月２日に発表された２０１８年の核態勢見直し（NPR）は、過去からの危険な離脱であり、世界で最も恐るべき大量破壊兵器を使用する用意があるとの米国の固い意思を示しているかのようだ。米国が、サイバー攻撃を含めた「重大な非核戦略攻撃」の標的になったとしても、核を使うというのである。

核戦争を広範に正当化する今回の政策声明は、気候変動やイラン核合意、そして最も重要な点として、核兵器の使用といった問題に関してドナルド・トランプ大統領が発してきた数々の矛盾した発言に照らし合わせてみなくてはならない。

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From Tlatelolco to the UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Viewpoint by Jorge Alberto López Lechuga

Jorge Alberto López Lechuga is Research and Communication Officer of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of OPANAL and its Member States. – The Editor

MEXICO (IDN) – On February 2, the Government of the U.S. published the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which includes the strategy to increase the role of nuclear weapons in national security. The NPR considers the need to double the military budget from 3% to 6.4% in order to modernize the U.S. arsenal. [P 38] ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF | NORWEGIAN | PORTUGUESE | SPANISH

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From Tlatelolco to the UN Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty

Viewpoint by Jorge Alberto López Lechuga

Jorge Alberto López Lechuga is Research and Communication Officer of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL). The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of OPANAL and its Member States. – The Editor

MEXICO (IDN) – On February 2, the Government of the U.S. published the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), which includes the strategy to increase the role of nuclear weapons in national security. The NPR considers the need to double the military budget from 3% to 6.4% in order to modernize the U.S. arsenal. [P 38] ITALIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF | NORWEGIAN | PORTUGUESE | SPANISH

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Transforming Risks on the Korean Peninsula into Stable Peace in Northeast Asia

By Katsuhiro Asagiri

TOKYO (IDN) – ‘Building Stable Peace in Northeast Asia: Managing and Transforming Risks on the Korean Peninsula’ was the subject of a colloquium in which regional experts on peace and security, policy makers and civil society organizations from the United States, China, South Korea and Japan participated against the backdrop of a volatile situation in the region.

In the run-up to North Korea claiming that it had conducted its first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that can “reach anywhere in the world,” 1995 Nobel Peace Laureate Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs expressed concern in a statement on May 4, 2017 that “the mounting confrontation with North Korea is raising grave dangers.” [P 37] JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF | KOREAN TEXT VERSON PDF 

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Transforming Risks on the Korean Peninsula into Stable Peace in Northeast Asia

By Katsuhiro Asagiri

TOKYO (IDN) – ‘Building Stable Peace in Northeast Asia: Managing and Transforming Risks on the Korean Peninsula’ was the subject of a colloquium in which regional experts on peace and security, policy makers and civil society organizations from the United States, China, South Korea and Japan participated against the backdrop of a volatile situation in the region.

In the run-up to North Korea claiming that it had conducted its first successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that can “reach anywhere in the world,” 1995 Nobel Peace Laureate Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs expressed concern in a statement on May 4, 2017 that “the mounting confrontation with North Korea is raising grave dangers.” [P 37] JAPANESE TEXT VERSONPDF | KOREAN TEXT VERSON PDF 

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ICAN Chief Shows Japan the Way From a Blind Alley

ICAN사무국장 막다른 길목에서 일본에 해결책을 시사하다.

【토꾜IDN＝이찌까와 타로우】

「모든나라들이 우선 일본이 핵무기 금지조약에 참가하기를 바라고있다. No More 피폭자」1월12일부터 나가사끼에있는 원폭 자료관에서 시작된 기획전의 오프닝 이벤트에 참가한 「핵무기 근절 국제 켐페인」(ICAN)의 베아트리스 휜 사무국장은 기획전에서의 멧시지 보드에 이렇게 표명했다.

이기획전은 「핵무기의 사용이 인도적으로는 파괴적인 결과를 초래하는것 으로의 관심을 높여, 핵금지 조약의 제정을 향하여 혁신적인 노력을 다했다.」라고 12월10일, 오슬로에서 열렸던 ICAN의 노벨 평화상 수상을 기념한 내용이었다.

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Kick Off To A Nuclear Race Threatening Doomsday

Viewpont by Sergio Duarte

The writer is President of the 1995 Nobel Peace Laureate Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and a former Ambassador of Brazil who served in key posts. He was President of the 2005 Seventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs with UNODA, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (2007-2012). – The Editor

NEW YORK (IDN) – As if by coincidence, almost simultaneously the world learned of the Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight and of the release of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by the government of the United States. [P 36] BAHASA | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF | NORWEGIAN | PORTUGUESE | SWEDISH

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Kick Off To A Nuclear Race Threatening Doomsday

Viewpont by Sergio Duarte

The writer is President of the 1995 Nobel Peace Laureate Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and a former Ambassador of Brazil who served in key posts. He was President of the 2005 Seventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs with UNODA, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (2007-2012). – The Editor

NEW YORK (IDN) – As if by coincidence, almost simultaneously the world learned of the Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight and of the release of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by the government of the United States. [P 36] BAHASA | JAPANESE TEXT VERSON PDF | NORWEGIAN | PORTUGUESE | SWEDISH

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