Ban Nuclear Weapons; Saving Money and Saving the World
Source: Huffington Post (US) Original author(s): Alan Robock & Owen Brian Toon Original post date: 20 February 2014As the United States struggles to deal with budget problems, as the U.S. Air...
View ArticleObama approves Vietnam nuclear deal
Source: Bangkok Post (Thailand) Original post date: 25 February 2014President Barack Obama Monday approved a civilian nuclear pact with Vietnam which could lead to the sale of US reactors to...
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 ArticleAustralia: Federal government worked to scuttle New Zealand statement against...
Source: Sydney Morning Herald (Australia) Original post date: 10 March 2014The federal government led secret diplomatic efforts to frustrate a New Zealand-led push for nuclear disarmament, according...
View ArticleIn response to U.S. sanctions over Ukraine, Russia may freeze weapons...
Source: Washington Post Original post date: 8 March 2014Russia broadened its war of words with the United States over Ukraine on Saturday when the Ministry of Defense said it would consider stopping...
View ArticleIsrael, Arab States Attended Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament
Source: Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire Blog (US) Original post date: 10 March 2014Israel and Arab states held their third round of exploratory talks in the Swiss resort of Glion last month...
View ArticleExclusive: Syria to miss deadline to destroy 12 chemical arms sites-sources...
Source: Reuters Original post date: 6 March 2014Syria will miss a major deadline next week in the program to destroy its chemical weapons production facilities, sources at the Organisation for the...
View ArticleSandra Osborne MP asks why UK refused to join 146 other states at recent...
Hansard Topical Questions 4 March 2014 Column 754 Sandra Osborne (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab): Why did the UK refuse to join 146 other states at the recent conference in Mexico on the humanitarian...
View ArticleDuring debate on cyber security, Martin Horwood MP questions enormous...
Hansard Estimates 2013-14: Ministry of Defence: Defence & Cyber-Security 4 March 2014 Column 807 Martin Horwood (Cheltenham) (LD): I should declare an obvious interest as the MP for Cheltenham,...
View ArticleRebecca Johnson on using humanitarian principles to push for nuclear disarmament
Date: 12 March 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonA frisson – of anticipation or anxiety, depending on the listeners – went around the UN High-level Meeting on 26 September 2013 when the Federal President of...
View ArticleUkraine and Nayarit: The humanitarian case for nuclear disarmament
Date: 14 March 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonAs the world looks on with trepidation at the growing crisis between Ukraine and Russia, does anyone think that the nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United...
View ArticleObama wanted to say sorry for Hiroshima but Tokyo stopped him
Source: The News International (Pakistan) Original post date: 17 March 2014Hiroshima: While the US is still despised by many in Japan for refusing to apologise for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear...
View ArticleU.S.-Russia Bickering May Trigger Nuclear Fallout
Source: Inter Press Service (IPS) Original post date: 14 March 2014The U.S.-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, which is threatening to undermine current bilateral talks on North Korea, Iran, Syria...
View ArticleIn response to questioning UK Prime Minister admits he did not discuss...
Hansard Prime Minsiter: Israel 18 March 2014 Column 554W Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister whether the possibility of Israel (a) disarming its nuclear weapons capability and (b) joining the Nuclear...
View ArticleUkraine crisis could affect global anti-atom bomb pact: U.N.'s Ban
Source: Reuters Original author(s): Fredrik Dahl Original post date: 24 March 2014U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned international leaders on Monday that the Ukraine crisis could have...
View ArticleUkraine crisis no excuse for nuclear proliferation
Source: Global Post (US) Original post date: 24 March 2014The UN chief said Monday that the failure to live up to promises to Ukraine in return for giving up its nuclear weapons should not...
View ArticleArms Control Advocates Lose Hope on European Tactical Nukes
Source: NTI's Global Security Newswire Original post date: 24 March 2014Arms control proponents say Russia's annexation of Crimea has essentially killed any prospect of a U.S. tactical nuclear arms...
View ArticleCuts to armed forces undermine nuclear deterrent, MPs warn
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original post date: 27 March 2014in the armed forces are in danger of reaching a point where Britain could only threaten a potential aggressor with nuclear weapons and that...
View ArticleAcronym Institute evidence to Commons Defence Select Committee Enquiry on...
Date: 27 March 2014Dr Rebecca JohnsonThe attached PDF is Dr Rebecca Johnson's evidence to the UK House of Commons Defence Select Committee enquiry on Deterrence in the Twenty-First Century....
View ArticleDeterrence in the twenty-first century: Defence Select Committee Report,...
Date: 27 March 2014 House of Commons Defence Select Committee Read below the Conclusions and Recommendations of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Enquiry into Deterrence in the...
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