Strategies for Abolition – ICAN and the Ban
Today at the NPT RevCon, I spoke at a wonderful side-event organised by IALANA and INES, “Strategies for Abolition.” This is a transcript of my talk – about the International …
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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 …
What would banning nuclear weapons mean for NATO?
NATO keeps calling itself a nuclear alliance, but what would that mean in a world where nuclear weapons were clearly illegal? PAX has just produced “Dealing with a ban“, a …
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Conference on Disarmament – Civil Society Forum
Today in Geneva, a rather free flowing discussion (for Conference on Disarmament standards) took place at an informal forum between civil society and the Conference on Disarmament. I spoke about …
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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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 …
Belief in the Middle East WMD Free Zone- event report
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 …
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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 …
Burn the NPT?
Wildfire>_ the rumour generating and whispering stimulant to what are otherwise sometimes dull discussions in the disarmament diplomatic corridors, has made his NPT debut. During the past week, there have …
NPDI: What Now? What Next? event report
In an event organised by PAX and the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the question of NPDI: What now, what next was examined on Friday. Speakers included …