UN Security Council and the end of the INF
While it’s unlikely the UN Security Council will take up the threat to global peace and security recently on display by Donald Trump’s suggestions to nuke hurricanes, on 22 August …
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RIP INF Treaty
Today is it, the time is up, and the INF treaty has collapsed. The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty that began the wind-down of the Cold War. For the …
Future of nuclear weapons – report by International Affairs Council
In the same week that the United States announced its withdrawal from the INF-treaty, the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) published an advice titled ‘Nuclear weapons in a …
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Netherlands improving verification system of nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
A couple of weeks ago the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stef Blok, and his colleagues from Belgium and Luxemburg signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU will improve …
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Dutch Government: Only politics stands in the way of joining the TPNW
Late last year the Dutch parliament passed a motion calling on the government to provide a legal analysis as to whether or not the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
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Calling the bombs back?
Boeing is working on a project that would allow intercontinental ballistic missiles to self-destruct once they’ve already been launched.
INF Suspension: Who benefits?
On 2 February, the United States is planning on suspending it’s participation in the only treaty it has ever signed that actually ended an entire type of nuclear weapon- the …
It is 2 minutes to midnight
Scientists have reset the Doomsday Clock: it is now 2 minutes before midnight, the same time as last year. Apart from 2018, this is the closest to midnight the clock has …
ICAN in Singapore for Summit Trump and Kim Jong-Un
The world eagerly awaited the historic summit between US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. While everyone is wondering how the meeting between these two leaders will proceed, …
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Belgian Bank KBC excludes nuclear weapon producers
Major Belgian Bank KBC announced today that it will no longer invest in nuclear weapon producers. In a press release the Bank explicitly referred to the Treaty on the Prohibition of …
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