By Bart de Grood* Last week I watched the newly released HBO documentary The Final Year on Netflix. It was towards the end of the documentary that I realized how …
Civil or Military Purposes of Nuclear Technology: the Iran Deal Revisited Read More »
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. …
And it’s over. A month of revolving negotiations in New York, a month of reiterated statements, a month of diplomatic back and forth, a month of so called negotiations, and… …
The end of the review conference, the beginning of action Read More »
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 …
CWC, Vienna, Helsinki…. Three opportunities for Israel to engage Read More »
Organized by PAX, BASIC, and the Israeli Disarmament Movement, this seminar discussed the obstacles and opportunities to holding the Helsinki conference and establishing the WMD free zone. Moderated by Wilbert …
Belief in the Middle East WMD Free Zone- event report Read More »
On Tuesday 4 September ‘The Hague Programme on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation’ organizes a public event with informal sandwich lunch on ambitions and opportunities to reach a mass destruction weapon-free zone …
The Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction? Read More »
Recently, Israel is feeling more uncomfortable in its neighbourhood than usual. Trying to come to terms with a changed region as a result of the ‘Arab Spring’, Israel fears its …
This briefing is related to a unique process conducted in Israel in November 2013, involving International and Israeli civil society, think tanks and government representatives, under a joint project by …
Belief in the WMD Free Zone: Designing the corridor to Helsinki and beyond Read More »
After almost 11 months, Minister Timmermans sent Parliament a letter on the Dutch nuclear weapons policies. This is the English translation as provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Letter …
A couple of years ago, during a statement by Iran, the EU attempted a walkout from the NPT Review Conference. They didn’t announce it, they didn’t coordinate it too well …
