Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate
PAX’s new policy brief: Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate the outlaw and elimination of nuclear weapons is now available.
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Join the Generation of Change: sign the Youth Pledge!
From August 28-30 August, the International Youth Summit for Nuclear Abolition was held in Japan, bringing together 30 future leaders in nuclear disarmament. Participants from more than 20 countries gathered in …
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Join the International Youth Summit for Nuclear Abolition
As the world marks the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is time for young people around the world to come together, to capture this potential …
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Swimming would never be the same again
Sunset, a long hot day comes to an end. I am standing on the bridge over the river that streams through the city of Hiroshima. The river that was once …
70 years is enough: Time to ban the bomb
Summertime in Hiroshima means heat and humidity. The noises of summer include things you might hear in any city, the clang of street cars, the persistent hum of cicadas, the …
Dutch ban on nuclear weapons is one step closer!
PAX has collected more than 40,000 signatures in the citizens initiative “Sign against nuclear weapons” (Teken Tegen Kernwapens). This means that the Dutch parliament must debate a national ban on …
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70 years since the “Gadget”
70 years ago today, the first nuclear device was exploded in Almogordo New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer named the test “Trinity”, but folks working on the secret desert project called it …
Dealing with Iran
PAX welcomes the negotiated agreement over Iran’s nuclear programme. Building on the framework agreed in April, this deal demonstrates diplomatic potential on one of the most contentious of contemporary issues. …
ICAN in London
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Russell Einstein manifesto, more than 60 campaigners gathered in London to prepare for negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Guest blog: Nuclear Safeguards
Building a nuclear weapons is like running the marathon; if you can enrich to 5% you already mastered 70% of the weaponization process. If you can enrich to 20% you …