Why do States wish for nuclear weapons, or not? What are the aims, motivations and incentives to create and maintain such weapons of mass destruction? Do nuclear weapons create security? …
To go, or not to go nuclear: that’s the question Read More »
I’m currently in Nagasaki, where the 5th Nagasaki Global Citizens’ Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is taking place. Before the opening of the conference, I was invited to …
I remember being at the Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in Vienna last year when Norway announced that it would be hosting a conference on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons. …
The Israeli Disarmament Movement in an inspiring clip calls on the Israeli government to join other countries starting the process towards a general ban on nuclear weapons.
It happened, Mexico announced a follow-up meeting to continue discussing the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. It’s a no-brainer really, there was so much information, of course we need to …
Today the Oslo conference on the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons starts. Today 132 delegation will discuss the issue. Susi Snyder and I will be present and will hopefully …
Oslo conference starts today: livestream AND great video statement by ICAN Read More »
As John Borrie put it this morning at the ICAN Civil Society Conference: Nukes are like zombies. The are mindless, they are indiscriminate in who they target and they are …
Naima McClean, an energetic poet and performer from South Africa encouraged an audience of hundreds to shout “hero, hero, hero” at ten o’ clock in the morning. If Emma Goldman …
Actions speak louder than words- something that we say to diplomats, especially from nuclear armed countries, all the time. Action is a powerful tool, and action is the focus of …
This is the second speech I deliverd in Berlin last week. The Middle Powers Initiative organised an two day conference on Creating the Conditions and Building the Framework for a …
Susi in Berlin- part 2: building the framework for a nuclear weapons free world Read More »
