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Pakistan-U.S. Talks Keep Lines Open, Offer Little Else, Experts Say

Source:  NTI's Global Security Newswire Original author(s):  Chris Schneidmiller Original post date:  14 December 2012This week’s round of U.S.-Pakistani strategic talks served to maintain lines of...

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Nuclear states divided on India joining export control group

Source:  Reuters Original author(s):  Fredrik Dahl Original post date:  20 March 2013The United States and three other big powers this week argued for allowing nuclear-armed India into an atomic...

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Alan Duncan highlights UK govt poverty reduction work with Indian & Pakistani...

Hansard Internationnal Development: Developing Countries: Poverty 11 March 2013 Column 86W Bob Stewart: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations she has...

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NPT: toothless in the face of real world dangers

Date:  3 May 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonThe core purpose of the NPT was security and the prevention of nuclear war, but the  esoteric diplomacy of the current regime has become too far removed from the...

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Nuclear states developing new weapons in defiance of treaty, report claims

Source:  The Guardian (UK) Original author(s):  Richard Norton-Taylor Original post date:  3 June 2013All five legally recognised nuclear states as defined by the non-proliferation treaty – China,...

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China Nuclear Stockpile Grows as India Matches Pakistan Rise

Source:  Bloomberg Original post date:  3 June 2013China, which has the world’s second-largest military budget behind the U.S., expanded its nuclear-weapons arsenal last year, with India and Pakistan...

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Baroness Warsi outlines UK govt objectives at Conference on Disarmament,...

Hansard Nuclear Disarmament 22 May 2013 Column WA89 Lord Judd: To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the likely outcome of the second session of the United Nations Conference on...

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In response to questioning, Alistair Burt provides brief update on efforts to...

Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Weapons 6 June 2013 Column 1258W Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been...

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South Asian Tactical Missiles Risk Dangerous Miscalculation, U.S. Intel...

Source:  NTI's Global Security Newswire Original post date:  6 June 2013India and Pakistan see their pursuit of better precision-strike tactical missiles as protecting them from coercion by the other...

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Pakistan deploys 25,000-strong force to protect nuclear arsenal

Source:  Times of India Original post date:  22 June 2013Pakistan has raised a 25,000-strong special force and put in place extensive measures to protect and manage its strategic assets, including its...

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Top-secret U.S. intelligence files show new levels of distrust of Pakistan

Source:  Washington Post Original post date:  3 September 2013The $52.6 billion U.S. intelligence arsenal is aimed mainly at unambiguous adversaries, including al-Qaeda, North Korea and Iran. But...

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South Asian arms race raises risk of nuclear war: IISS think tank

Source:  Reuters Original post date:  12 September 2013An arms race in South Asia and Pakistan's development of tactical "battlefield" nuclear weapons are increasing the risk of any conflict there...

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Saudi nuclear weapons 'on order' from Pakistan

Source:  BBC News Original post date:  7 November 2013Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told...

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Analysts: Pakistan Unlikely To Transfer Nuclear Weapons, Know-how to Saudis

Source:  Defense News (US) Original post date:  11 November 2013Contrary to a Nov. 6 report by the BBC, analysts here do not believe Pakistan has an agreement to supply Saudi Arabia with nuclear...

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India-Pakistan nuclear war could 'end human civilisation'

Source:  The Telegraph (UK) Original post date:  10 December 2013A nuclear war between India and Pakistan would set off a global famine that could kill two billion people and effectively end human...

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Exclusive: China commits $6.5 billion for Pakistani nuclear project

Source:  Reuters Original post date:  24 December 2013China has committed $6.5 billion to finance the construction of a major nuclear power project in Pakistan's port city of Karachi as it seeks to...

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Indian Mujahideen wanted to nuke Surat, Yasin Bhatkal tells cops

Source:  Times of India Original post date:  30 December 2013The prospect of terror organisations getting their hands on a nuclear device has long concerned both security agencies and thriller...

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A change of guard in Pakistan stokes nuclear safety fears

Source:  The Hindu (India) Original post date:  17 January 2014A cryptic message on December 18, 2013 announced a change of guard in the Strategic Plans Division (SPD), which marked the end of a long...

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The long slog toward a nuclear-free world

Source:  Washington Post Original post date:  14 January 2014Efoorts by Iran and North Korea to acquire nuclear weapons have been at the forefront of diplomacy and international concern over the past...

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Afghanistan Exit Is Seen as Peril to C.I.A. Drone Mission

Source:  New York Times Original post date:  26 January 2014The risk that President Obama may be forced to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year has set off concerns...

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