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21. A Seismic Event in US-Russia Relations

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... himself was more circumspect, citing a childhood mantra that “what you say [about others] is what you are yourself”. In an interview on June 15, referring to even more rancorous comments, Putin downplayed ...

Created on 17 June 2021

22. Young Disarmament and Arms Control Experts Make Their Voices Heard

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... engage in constructive dialogues with the Treaty’s supporters to address concerns about the slow pace of nuclear disarmament. Next, Gustavo Pereira and Jana Wattenberg, the chairs of the Diversity and ...

Created on 30 May 2021

23. Only 'No First Use' Policy Can Defuse Tension

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... bit more confident about not being subjected to a decapitating first strike. The US could lead a push with China and India to negotiate a global NFU convention as the centrepiece of a nuclear restraint ...

Created on 23 May 2021

24. Stop Muddying The Waters On The Appointment Of The CTBTO Executive Secretary

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the election process in 2021 after a break to let things cool down. In January 2021, the new Chair of the Preparatory Commission took over—hailing from the Czech Republic—and on 6 January enquired about ...

Created on 16 May 2021

25. The Nuclear Threat in the New Information Age

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... delivering facts—and dismantling the fictions—about the world’s most dangerous weapons. As the late physicist, U.S. government nuclear weapons advisor, and nuclear disarmament advocate Dr. Sidney Drell ...

Created on 12 May 2021

26. Biden Should Return Quickly to the Obama-led Iran Nuclear Deal

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... about where this might lead. After the revolution, the research was bequeathed from the wrong pair of hands to another wrong pair of hands—the revolutionaries who overthrew the Shah in 1979. [2021-05-11] ...

Created on 11 May 2021

27. Sleepwalking into Nuclear War?

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... weapons to Ukraine. The crisis has now passed but the lesson lingers. Arguably we are closer to war with Russia than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 (which I wrote about last week, ...

Created on 27 April 2021

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... the United States seems serious “in words” about lifting sanctions and noted that the parties in Vienna discussed how to verify that measures were lifted. It appears that the sequencing of steps by the ...

Created on 22 April 2021

29. Nuclear Disarmament: Thinking Outside the Silo

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... surveillance flights over each other’s territory to ensure openness about military preparations and activities.  Russia mirrored the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty – and so that treaty is now considered ...

Created on 03 April 2021

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... is to “promote integral human development.” Archbishop Jurkovič added that the Holy See is worried about new arms which engage in “automated killing.” And he expressed the Vatican’s opposition to weapons ...

Created on 30 March 2021

31. The NPT--From Promise to Reality

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... left the treaty also developed nuclear arsenals. At the height of the Cold War, the estimated total amount of nuclear weapons was about 70.000. In the second decade of the 21st century the two most heavily ...

Created on 27 March 2021

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... over these last five years about what Global Britain will look like, there have been no calls from the armed forces or from politicians for an increase in the number of nuclear warheads. Britain has also ...

Created on 20 March 2021

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and access to pluralist sources of information. For Gorbachev himself, the initial goal of Perestroika was to seek to give a second chance to the project of socialist renovation of Russia. Dreaming about ...

Created on 05 March 2021

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

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... and developing new approaches to bring about change to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms, including their proliferation." The #Youth4Disarmament initiative has been ...

Created on 28 February 2021

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

(Project Articles)

... and developing new approaches to bring about change to reduce threats from weapons of mass destruction and conventional arms, including their proliferation." The #Youth4Disarmament initiative has been ...

Created on 28 February 2021

36. Nuclear Modernization Race Continues Despite New START

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... Russia through February 4, 2026, Pentagon officials say it is "just the beginning of a larger discussion with Russia and China about placing further limits on nuclear weapons proliferation". [2021-02-28 ...

Created on 28 February 2021

37. Nuclear Modernization Race Continues Despite New START

(Project Articles)

... Russia through February 4, 2026, Pentagon officials say it is "just the beginning of a larger discussion with Russia and China about placing further limits on nuclear weapons proliferation". [2021-02-28 ...

Created on 28 February 2021

38. The Creative and Destructive Aspects of Homo Sapiens

(Nuclear Abolition News and Analyses)

... short span of about three centuries, Man became the greatest predator of the finite resources at his reach and inventor of the most destructive war-fighting devices as well as engineer of bountiful harvests ...

Created on 25 February 2021

39. 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

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

(Project Articles)

... 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