Nuke Summit Agenda Circumvents Armed Powers
Source: Inter Press Service (IPS) Original post date: 11 February 2014When over 50 world leaders meet in the Netherlands next month for a Nuclear Security Summit (NSS), the primary focus will be on...
View ArticleBanning nuclear weapons: point of no return
Date: 19 February 2014Dr Rebecca Johnson“Nayarit is a point of no return” declared Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, Mexico’s Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, delivering the Chair’s...
View ArticlePakistani Leaders to Retain Nuclear-Arms Authority in Crises: Senior Official
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original post date: 27 February 2014Pakistan's top leaders would not delegate advance authority over nuclear arms to unit commanders, even in the event of...
View ArticleNuclear non-proliferation in a time warp
Date: 13 May 2014Dr Rebecca Johnson The mood was cheerful as the international Non-Proliferation Treaty conference ended in New York last Friday, but the atmosphere was sustained at the expense of...
View ArticleThe Emotional and Psychological Trauma to Our People Can't Be Measured In...
Source: Huffington Post Original post date: 30 May 2014The Republic of the Marshall Islands in the northern Pacific Ocean is not only a breathtakingly beautiful island state, but has recently moved...
View ArticleIn Policy Turnaround, US Will Attend Conference On Redirecting Nuclear...
Source: Mintpress News Original author(s): Carey L. Biaron Original post date: 10 November 2014WASHINGTON — In a surprise confirmation, the Obama administration announced late on Friday that it...
View ArticleThe importance of the Marshall Islands nuclear lawsuit
Source: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Original post date: 6 May 2014The tiny Republic of the Marshall Islands recently filed an extraordinary lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The...
View ArticleThe Austrian pledge to ban nuclear weapons
Date: 17 December 2014 Open Democracy Dr Rebecca JohnsonDriven by “the imperative of human security for all", Austria pledged at the HINW conference to work to "stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate...
View ArticleKazakh FM Urges more progress in Nuclear Disarmament, Stresses Commitment to...
Source: The Astana Times Original post date: 6 March 2015GENEVA – Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov urged greater global efforts in nuclear disarmament at the plenary session of the...
View ArticleNuclear weapons: The new nuclear age
Source: The Economist Original post date: 7 March 2015WITHIN the next few weeks, after years of stalling and evasion, Iran may at last agree to curb its nuclear programme. In exchange for relief...
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