Nuclear Disarmament

Everyone wants to play with the big boys, and the only way to become one of the big boys is to have nuclear toys. Attention Planet Earth! Attention Planet Earth! It is time to grow up. The words are those of Mohamed ElBaradei, then director general of the I…

Everyone wants to play with the big boys, and the only way to become one of the big boys is to have nuclear toys. Attention Planet Earth! Attention Planet Earth! It is time to grow up. The words are those of Mohamed ElBaradei, then director general…

Iranian officials publicly revealed a chain of 30 advanced centrifuges on Monday as the country also announced that it would take a fourth step back from its commitments under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as the Ir…

Leaders of former Cold War powers will be absent from anniversary festivities, as Donald Trump's America First, Britain's Brexit and Russia's resurgence put a strain on ties. Gone, too, is the euphoric optimism for liberal democracy and freedom that characte…

— Strategic objective E.2. Reduce excessive military expenditures and control the availability of armaments Actions to be taken 143. By Governments: f. Recognizing the leading role that women have played in the peace movement      ii. Support negotiatio…

North Korea on Thursday accused US officials of maintaining hostility against Pyongyang despite a "special" relationship between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump and urged Washington to act "wisely" through the end of the year. The statement iss…

Key Point: The Republic of South Africa felt safer by disarming. Why did South Africa decide to build nukes, how did it build them and why did it decide to give them up? The answers are largely idiosyncratic, although they may hold some lessons for the futur…

(Bloomberg) -- A key hurdle to extending a landmark nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia isnt Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin. Its China. The New START treaty, the last major arms control accord between the worlds two nuclear superpowers, is set to expi…

India has also said that there is no scope for any third party mediation on the Kashmir issue. India has warned of the inherent dangers in nuclear brinkmanship pursued by countries as a cover for cross-border terrorism, days after Pakistan Prime Minister dru…

As Venezuelan Chairman of the Non Aligned Movement, comprising 120 nations and observer states, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced devious and Machiavellian ploys attempted by the US to force regime change on his country, with efforts to isolate the cou…