Human Radiation Experiments on Sunny days
Over the years working on nuclear weapons issues, I’ve always tried to make time to read as much as I can. Sometimes though the reading list you pick for your …
Analysis
Do you really want to quit?
Don’t we all have friends that both keep on buying one box of cigarettes after the other and say they really want to quit? Inconsistency. By Krista van Velzen The …
Good news: Swedish citizens want a ban on nukes!
Reading the newspaper this morning I once more realised how much of the news that reaches me is on negative developments. War, rape, violence, misery. And I stepped on the …
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Renewing hope and courage
Sometimes, working on disarmament issues is difficult. A government you thought was supporting you changes. A trusted colleague leaves their position (or, in some sad cases, dies). Not all change …
Winning starts with beginning
“Winning starts with beginning” was the fortune folded into a cookie that my mother has in her kitchen. She looks at it daily, and it is a reminder that the …
Banning nuclear weapons as a NATO member
NATO has already made provisions for divergent opinions on the future of nuclear weapons. In the 2010 Strategic Concept, NATO recognised that “National decisions regarding arms control and disarmament may …
Don’t Bank on the Bomb- Bank on a Ban
Nuclear armed states are planning to spend billions over the next decade in modernising their arsenals. This funding comes mostly from taxpayers in those countries, but some of the companies …
NPDI: Not Partaking in Disarmament Imperatives?
The NPDI states: Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, met in Hiroshima in April 2014 for their eighth …
“The Netherlands can do something against nukes Volkel”
“It’s the worst-kept military secret. Everyone knows that there are nearly twenty U.S. nuclear bombs on Dutch territory in Volkel. It is astonishing that the left overs of the Cold …
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2014 NPDI Ministerial begins
The Non Proliferation Disarmament Initiative, a group of 12 countries seeking the implementation of the 2010 NPT Action Plan, are starting to gather now in Hiroshima. This afternoon, two events …