Aim for nuclear disarmament
Source: The Japan Times Original author(s): Masayoshi Hamada Original post date: 27 October 2012Every year, the member states of the United Nations gather in New York to debate disarmament, both...
View ArticleSea-based nuclear deterrent expensive and 'insane'– ex-defence minister
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original post date: 13 December 2012Keeping a constant sea-bound nuclear deterrent is "complete insanity" that costs too much and is militarily illogical, a former defence...
View ArticleProliferation in Parliament: A Review of recent developments in the UK...
Date: 15 January 2013The Winter 2012-2013 edition of Proliferation in Parliament offers a review of news, debates and developments in the UK Parliament and Government on issues relating to nuclear...
View ArticleThe Myth of Nuclear Necessity
Source: New York Times Original author(s): Ward Wilson Original post date: 13 January 2013Five years ago, four titans of American foreign policy — the former secretaries of state George P. Shultz...
View ArticleUnacceptable Risks: UK-relevant reports on the humanitarian consequences of...
Date: 25 February 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonToday, with the non-proliferation regime in perennial crisis and nuclear weapons still posing unacceptable risks, nations are reconsidering what would happen...
View ArticleNorth Korea and Trident: Challenging the nuclear non-proliferation regime
Date: 22 April 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonAs representatives of 189 governments meet to discuss strengthening the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation...
View ArticleSwiss ask Japan to join antinuclear statement
Source: The Japan Times Original post date: 23 April 2013Japan has been asked by Switzerland to endorse a joint statement to be issued by the preparatory committee for the next Nuclear...
View ArticleU.N. Disarmament Chief Calls for NATO to Study Eliminating Nukes
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original author(s): Chris Schneidmiller Original post date: 10 May 2013The United Nations’ top disarmament official this week called on NATO to look at...
View ArticlePerspectives on the necessary framework to achieve and maintain a nuclear...
Date: 21 May 2013Dr Rebecca Johnson Elements and background for presentation to the Open-ended Working Group on Nuclear Disarmament, Palais des Nations, Geneva The initiative to hold this Open-Ended...
View ArticleCyberwar’s threat does not justify a new policy of nuclear deterrence
Source: Washington Post Original post date: 15 June 2013President Obama is expected to unveil a new nuclear policy initiative this week in Berlin. Whether he can make good on his first-term...
View ArticleColin Powell: Nuclear option suicidal for North Korea
Source: Asahi Shimbun (Japan) Original post date: 11 July 2013North Korea should realize that its nuclear development is only putting the country at risk and is suicidal, even though its leaders...
View ArticleGlobal threat of nuclear deterrence
Source: The Japan Times Original author(s): Ramesh Thakur Original post date: 18 August 2013Nuclear weapons are uniquely destructive and hence uniquely threatening to all our security. There is a...
View ArticleNuclear weapons: an accident waiting to happen
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original author(s): Eric Schlosser Original post date: 14 September 2013In October of 1983, Mick Jones had just left the Clash, Roger Moore was still playing James Bond,...
View ArticleWhere Is the 'Global Red Line' for Nuclear Weapons?
Source: Huffington Post (US) Original author(s): Liv Torres (Norwegian People's Aid) Original post date: 26 September 2013The horrors of the attack in Syria have shown the danger inherent in the...
View ArticleHow a Nato war game took the world to brink of nuclear disaster
Source: The Observer (UK) Original post date: 2 November 2013Chilling new evidence that Britain and America came close to provoking the Soviet Union into launching a nuclear attack has emerged in...
View ArticleRussia Warns of Nuclear Response to US Global Strike Program
Source: Ria Novosti (Russia) Original post date: 11 December 2013A senior government minister warned Wednesday that Russia could retaliate with a nuclear strike if a new US military strategy...
View ArticleTory defence expert joins campaign to scrap 'nonsensical'£100billion...
Source: Scottish Daily Record Original post date: 17 December 2013A Tory defence expert has joined calls to scrap the replacement for the Trident nuclear deterrent.Commons defence select Committee...
View ArticleTory ex-defence minister voices doubts over need for Trident replacement
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original post date: 15 December 2013One of the Conservative party's most influential voices on defence has conceded that Britain can no longer be regarded as a...
View ArticleThe P5 are on the run…but toward or away from Nayarit?
Source: International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) blog Original author(s): John Loretz Original post date: 27 January 2014Thanks to our friend John Burroughs at the Lawyers...
View ArticleTrident nuclear submarine fleet could be reduced without danger, says analyst
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original post date: 31 January 2014Britain could achieve billions of pounds in savings by breaking with tradition to cut its Trident nuclear submarine fleet from four to...
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