Ribbon cutting, song, dance and disarmament!
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 …
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A new momentum in nuclear disarmament
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. …
Susi in Berlin- part 2: building the framework for a nuclear weapons free world
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 …
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Susi in Berlin- What can civil society do?
I spoke at an event in Berlin last week on the topic: What can civil society do for a nuclear weapons free world? The room was packed full- over 100 …
The Way Forward- Conference on a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East
I participated in an interesting conference in Helsinki that negotiated a set of recommendations to further a zone free of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle …
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Transparency means making data available
For years I served on the Citizen’s Advisory Board on Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal for what was formerly called the Nevada Test Site. There are active nuclear waste dumps …
Happy Sinterklaasavond!
As an American ex-pat living in the Netherlands there are a number of interesting customs and practices to get used to. The Dutch are very direct people, and not shy …
The First Committee
Here in New York the second week if the UN General Assembly First Committee on International Peace and Security is in full swing. The first week of 1com (some handy …
Using nuclear weapons- NATO prepares to drop the bomb
In “Operation Steadfast Noon” NATO members are training to actually use nuclear weapons. These types of exercises are conducted annually and in them NATO members prepare to use nuclear weapons- …
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Belgium and the TNW after Chicago
The results of the NATO summit are best summed up as a clinging to the status quo so as not to reflect the internal divisions on nuclear politics. The DDPR …