A document or not? NPT Update
Looking at this NPT, one of the big questions is whether there will be a document, or not document. At this point, it’s what everyone is talking about- in the …
Analysis
Koenders sidesteps resolutions.
And we’re off to a good – if unremarkable – start of the NPT Review Conference 2015. The first days are reserved for statements by individual states, international organisations like …
It’s a deal!
The recently concluded framework agreement between the EU 3+3 and Iran is a great step forward for the global non-proliferation regime. Just weeks before the Review Conference of the nuclear …
Chinese banks invest in western nuclear weapons producers
Chinese financial institutions have made 663 million USD available to Western companies involved in the production, maintenance and modernisation of French, UK and US nuclear weapons, according to PAX latest …
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Vienna conference brings us closer to a world without nuclear weapons
It will take time to digest all that is said during the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) but already before the end of the general …
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Vienna Conference outcomes
Three days after the historic conference in Vienna on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, we are still digesting the statements, ideas and developments that will shape the debate on …
Poor and weak pay price for nuclear arsenals
‘Spending on nuclear weapons squanders the wealth of nations. To prioritize such spending is a mistake and a misallocation of resources which would be far better invested in the areas …
CWC, Vienna, Helsinki…. Three opportunities for Israel to engage
In the coming days, the Israeli government will have to make decisions on membership in the Chemical Weapons Convention and participation in two potentially ground-breaking conferences: The Vienna Conference on …
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Looking ahead to a fissile materials (cut-off) Treaty
In the coming two weeks the second session of the Group of Governmental Experts on a possible Fissile Materials (Cut-off) treaty will be meeting in Geneva. According to insiders, one …
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Remember your humanity, forget the rest.
It’s a timely reminder today, when much of the country is still in shock about the Malaysian airlines flight that went down over Ukraine. For months, there has been a …