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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Mandela illustrates the ways in which South Africa challenged the arguments of deterrence used by other nuclear-armed nations: “We must ask the question, which might sound naive to those who have elaborated ...

Created on 28 February 2019

2. Enhancing Interaction Between CTBT and the Pelindaba Treaty

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... regimes,“ he said. A presentation on the CTBTO programme which supports development of knowledge about the Treaty and its verification system, particularly in developing countries, was also made. In ...

Created on 27 February 2019

3. Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... which are located far from its border with China. China hears about the ongoing debate in the South about whether to be nuclear armed or not. It should not worry. To possess nuclear weapons itself would ...

Created on 26 February 2019

4. IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... also attended the third School for Drafting Regulations for Radiation Safety for African Countries, which was held immediately before the new security school. 18 participants from Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, ...

Created on 25 February 2019

5. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... of you argue that it is because of the global security context which is increasingly dire. The possibility of regional conflicts engulfing great powers is real. We are on the precipice of a multipolar ...

Created on 23 February 2019

7. A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... countries of Eastern and Western Europe agreed on a drastic reduction of their armed forces and weapons. This was the “peace dividend” from which everyone benefited — Europeans most of all — as a result ...

Created on 21 February 2019

8. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... by North Korea are for sure menacing scenarios, he said. Furthermore, if North Korea is accepted as a nuclear state, it will have a negative impact on the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) regime, which ...

Created on 20 February 2019

9. Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula

(Project Articles)

... by North Korea are for sure menacing scenarios, he said. Furthermore, if North Korea is accepted as a nuclear state, it will have a negative impact on the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty) regime, which ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... by the United Nations in October 1945, established in the aftermath of World War II by the victors of that conflagration, which ensured for themselves a privileged position and corresponding responsibilities ...

Created on 06 February 2019

11. Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... by the United Nations in October 1945, established in the aftermath of World War II by the victors of that conflagration, which ensured for themselves a privileged position and corresponding responsibilities ...

Created on 06 February 2019

12. 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

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... – should instead be spent in areas which increase our security – such as diplomacy, climate protection and the Sustainable Development Goals." While referring to a several menacing developments, the ...

Created on 31 January 2019

14. Trump’s Missile Defence Buildup Plans Are Dangerous

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... article appeared as an Issue Brief on ACA website on January 17, 2019. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN-INPS) – The Trump administration’s long-awaited 'Missile Defense Review', which was released on January 17, ...

Created on 30 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... control, President Ronald Reagan, both said, there is the fear of a false alarm or two errant officers in the silo entering simultaneously their keys, which allows the firing of the rocket. Yet here ...

Created on 29 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and promote ratification – Friends of the TPNW, modeled on Friends of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), which has been lying in limbo since 1996. The SGI President calls on Japan to take the ...

Created on 28 January 2019

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Arms Control Association WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – On January 17, the Trump administration unveiled its Missile Defense Review, which outlines the administration’s strategy to counter missile threats, ...

Created on 25 January 2019

18. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... diverse range of countries, the programme has a close parallel with the UN Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament, which was established in 1978 by the first special session of the General Assembly devoted ...

Created on 23 January 2019

19. UN Lauds India For Training Foreign Diplomats On Disarmament

(Project Articles)

... diverse range of countries, the programme has a close parallel with the UN Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament, which was established in 1978 by the first special session of the General Assembly devoted ...

Created on 23 January 2019

20. Report Advising Sweden Not To Join Nuclear Ban Treaty Disappoints ICAN

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

By Jamshed Baruah GENEVA (IDN-INPS) – International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, is "disappointed" that after months of delay a report for ...

Created on 19 January 2019