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1. Time to Think Beyond Current NWFZs

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... circles. In 2016 Iceland’s Parliament declared the country and its exclusive economic zone an NWFZ[11]. With the entry into force of TPNW some states parties to military-political alliances, inspired by ...

Created on 30 April 2021

2. Time to Think Beyond Current NWFZs

(Project Articles)

... circles. In 2016 Iceland’s Parliament declared the country and its exclusive economic zone an NWFZ[11]. With the entry into force of TPNW some states parties to military-political alliances, inspired by ...

Created on 30 April 2021

3. Sleepwalking into Nuclear War?

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... nuclear ballistic missile. Washington has long told Moscow that it had no plans to introduce into Europe rockets that could strike Moscow’s own intercontinental-range rockets while in flight. Previously, ...

Created on 27 April 2021

4. Optimism Over Progress in Vienna Talks on Iran Nuclear Deal

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... on the steps necessary to bring the United States and Iran back into compliance with the nuclear agreement, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The United States and Iran are still ...

Created on 22 April 2021

5. Plea for Diverting Funds from Nuclear Weapons to Combating COVID-19

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty, has been pleading for divestment in nuclear weapons. "The imminent entry-into-force of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) ...

Created on 14 April 2021

6. Plea for Diverting Funds from Nuclear Weapons to Combating COVID-19

(Project Articles)

... of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty, has been pleading for divestment in nuclear weapons. "The imminent entry-into-force of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) ...

Created on 14 April 2021

7. Nuclear Disarmament: Thinking Outside the Silo

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... backdrop, only two days after the inauguration of  President Joe Biden a new nuclear weapons treaty came into force. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was negotiated in 2017 to spur ...

Created on 03 April 2021

8. The Vatican Secretary of State Stresses the Significance of Disarmament for Integral Security after Pandemic

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... SOAS University of London. The initiative was divided into three panels, and saw the participation of high-level Vatican officials and leaders of international organizations. Confronting global crises ...

Created on 30 March 2021

9. The NPT--From Promise to Reality

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

...  NEW YORK (IDN) — “How can we—the non-nuclear-weapon States—be expected to enter into an interminable obligation to remain non-nuclear if the nuclear-weapon States are engaged in an interminable nuclear ...

Created on 27 March 2021

10. The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... into force in January 2021. Meanwhile, Oliver Meier, from the University of Hamburg's Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), also joined criticism of the UK for dramatically shifting ...

Created on 22 March 2021

11. The UK Defies Nuclear Treaties and Strengthens Atomic Arsenal

(Project Articles)

... into force in January 2021. Meanwhile, Oliver Meier, from the University of Hamburg's Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH), also joined criticism of the UK for dramatically shifting ...

Created on 22 March 2021

12. Instead of Increasing Nuclear Stockpile, the UK Should Be Leading The Way on Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Treaty (NPT), along with 190 countries – a treaty which places obligations on the UK to enter into negotiations to disarm and eliminate nuclear arsenals. What sort of message are we now sending to the ...

Created on 20 March 2021

13. Gorbachev's Legacy After 30 Years of the Soviet Union's Disintegration

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... into Soviet society, ordinary people were impatient to obtain the “dividends” of democracy in their daily life, but economic crisis aggravated the political confrontation inside society unleashed by the ...

Created on 05 March 2021

14. Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... On January 22, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force. The new agreement also called the Nuclear Ban Treaty, prohibits member states from developing, producing, testing, and ...

Created on 04 March 2021

15. UN Youth4Disarmament Recognized by 'Billion Acts of Peace'

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in January 2021 and represents the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades. The human and economic cost of militarization ...

Created on 28 February 2021

16. UN Youth4Disarmament Recognized by 'Billion Acts of Peace'

(Project Articles)

... Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which entered into force in January 2021 and represents the first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades. The human and economic cost of militarization ...

Created on 28 February 2021

17. Nuclear Modernization Race Continues Despite New START

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... into force on February 5, 2011. Its original duration was 10 years until February 5, 2021, with the option for the Parties to agree to extend it for up to an additional five years. Hyten said that both ...

Created on 28 February 2021

18. Nuclear Modernization Race Continues Despite New START

(Project Articles)

... into force on February 5, 2011. Its original duration was 10 years until February 5, 2021, with the option for the Parties to agree to extend it for up to an additional five years. Hyten said that both ...

Created on 28 February 2021

19. The Creative and Destructive Aspects of Homo Sapiens

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) which entered into force fifty years ago and whose parties undertook to “pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to ...

Created on 25 February 2021

20. A Beacon of Hope from A Buddhist Leader in the Face of Crises

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... In light of this history, the award of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize and the TPNW's entry into force about three years later has been an unparalleled cause of celebration for SGI too. Dr Ikeda notes — with ...

Created on 18 February 2021