A Middle East WMD Free Zone- some events
A zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East has been a global goal since at least 1974. In the last few weeks, IKV Pax Christi, along …
Pax Christi International strongly supports the Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East
Pax Christi International strongly supports the creation of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East as a significant contribution to a nuclear weapons free world. To …
Exit Strategies; The case for redefining NATO consensus on U.S. TNW
A majority of NATO countries do not explicitly want to keep U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, Exit Strategies; The case for redefining NATO consensus on U.S. TNW. looks at ways for the Alliance …
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The Good Faith Issue
This article was published in Government Gazette, October 2012 Nuclear disarmament. The phrase alone can trigger reluctance, skepticism or a ‘not in my lifetime’-attitude in any civil servant or politician. …
Iran’s uranium enrichment: Some facts and thoughts
While tension is rising internationally over the question if Iran is building a nuclear weapon and if so, who should do what about it, Iran announces that it has started up …
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Spinning the drone
Never trust the first report you get on an international incident. It’s an important trick of the trade. Always wait for that second analysis, preferably from a source close to …
Review: The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) report, “Reducing Nuclear Risks in Europe: A framework for action
The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) report,“Reducing Nuclear Risks in Europe: A framework for action”, is a well timed effort to sum up the state of the debate on NATO nuclear …
The Dutch government can and should demand that the Alliance takes the rational and mature decision to retire the obsolete TNW
Please find below Wilbert van der Zeijden’s article on TNW that appears this week in magazine Internationale Spectator. Wilbert shows that NATO’s Defence and Deterrence Posture Review process offers a last chance …