U.N. nuclear chief: Iran talks 'going round in circles'
Source: Reuters Original author(s): Fredrik Dahl Original post date: 3 June 2013The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday talks with Iran have been "going around in circles" - unusually blunt...
View ArticleAbe pushes ahead with India nuclear agreement, despite concerns
Source: Asahi Shimbun (Japan) Original post date: 30 May 2013Despite major concerns about the effects on the global nuclear nonproliferation structure, Japan and India have agreed to push forward...
View ArticleAgni-V to be modified to attack multiple targets
Source: The Hindu (India) Original post date: 28 May 2013The configuration of Agni-V, India’s long-range nuclear weapons capable ballistic missile, is set to be changed to make the 5,000-km weapon...
View Article22 American nuclear bombs are stored in the Netherlands
Source: Dutch News (Netherlands) Original post date: 10 June 2013Twenty-two American nuclear bombs are being stored in underground strong-rooms at the Volkel air base in Brabant, the Telegraaf...
View ArticleSouth 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...
View ArticleIndia to Activate Reactor on Ballistic Missile Sub
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original post date: 5 June 2013India is expected this week to switch on the nuclear reactor inside its first ballistic missile submarine, the Press Trust of...
View ArticleBritain lobbies for nuclear export group to admit India
Source: Reuters Original author(s): Fredrik Dahl Original post date: 14 June 2013Britain has stepped up efforts to let India join an influential global body controlling nuclear exports, a move that...
View ArticleLord Astor for UK govt on US Director of National Intelligence's evidence...
Hansard Iran 11 June 2013 Column WA230 Question asked by Lord Stoddart of SwindonTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the evidence given by James Clapper, the United States...
View ArticleA Modest Nuclear Agenda
Source: New York Times Original author(s): Editorial Original post date: 22 June 2013President Obama’s latest nuclear weapons proposals, announced last week in Berlin, were a disappointing example...
View ArticleNuclear Arms Reduction Deals to Become Multilateral – Lavrov
Source: Ria Novosti (Russia) Original post date: 22 June 2013Any upcoming treaties on nuclear arms reductions will have to involve all countries that have atomic weapons at their disposal, Russian...
View ArticlePaul Flynn MP challenges UK support for non-NPT signatory India joining...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: India 1 July 2013 Column 504W Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the UK is advocating that India...
View ArticleGovernments warn about nuclear terrorism threat
Source: Reuters Original post date: 1 July 2013More action is needed to prevent militants acquiring plutonium or highly-enriched uranium that could be used in bombs, governments agreed at a meeting...
View ArticleAlistair Burt on the UK's coherent approach to arms trading: Arms Trade...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Arms Trade 27 June 2013 Column 379W Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking...
View ArticleIn response to questionning by Paul Flynn MP, UK Prime Minister says nuclear...
Hansard Prime Minister: Russia 26 June 2013 Column 293W Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with President Putin of Russia on nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament at the...
View ArticleStumbling in the dark, reaching for the light
Source: Right Now (Australia) Original author(s): Tilman Ruff Original post date: 25 July 2013I had a dream, which was not all a dream.The bright sun was extinguish’d, and the starsDid wander...
View ArticlePro-nuclear propaganda in 1983: lessons for 2013
Date: 9 August 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonCabinet papers and secret government letters from 1983 that have been made public under the 30 year rule (excerpts attached below) show that Margaret Thatcher’s...
View ArticleRed Cross holds A-bomb ceremony, calls for disarmament
Source: Global Post (US) / Kyodo News (Japan) Original post date: 6 August 2013The Red Cross on Tuesday planted a sapling of a tree that survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima to commemorate...
View ArticleWe all must confront the ferocious destructive power of nuclear energy
Source: Asahi Shimbun (Japan) Original post date: 6 August 2013For decades, nuclear weapons and nuclear power generation have generally been treated as separate issues. But is this the right...
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 ArticleTo eliminate WMD we need to disarm patriarchy
Date: 30 August 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonCivil society must stop the use of chemical weapons being used as a pretext for US-led bombing in Syria. A gendered understanding demonstrates that the only...
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