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 …
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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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It is 2 minutes to 12 on the Doomsday Clock
Scientists have reset the Doomsday Clock: it is now 2 minutes before midnight, half a minute later than last year. This is the closest to midnight the clock has been …