NPT: toothless in the face of real world dangers
Date: 3 May 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonThe core purpose of the NPT was security and the prevention of nuclear war, but the esoteric diplomacy of the current regime has become too far removed from the...
View ArticleAlistair Burt Ministerial Statement on outcome of "P5" conference - meeting...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation 21 May 2013 Column 70WS The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Alistair...
View ArticleNuclear states developing new weapons in defiance of treaty, report claims
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original author(s): Richard Norton-Taylor Original post date: 3 June 2013All five legally recognised nuclear states as defined by the non-proliferation treaty – China,...
View ArticleWorld Russia Calls For Multilateral Nuclear Cuts
Source: Ria Novosti (Russia) Original post date: 28 May 2013Russia is not willing to negotiate further bilateral nuclear cuts with the United States until other nuclear powers join the process,...
View ArticleIn response to questioning, Alistair Burt provides info on US & Russian...
Hansard Foreign & Commonwealth Office: Nuclear Disarmament 6 June 2013 Column 1257W Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been...
View ArticleRussia Tests ‘Missile Defense Killer’
Source: Ria Novosti (Russia) Original post date: 7 June 2013The US missile defense system is no match for the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Russia tested this week, a senior...
View ArticleRussia to send nuclear submarines to southern seas
Source: Reuters Original post date: 1 June 2013Russia plans to resume nuclear submarine patrols in the southern seas after a hiatus of more than 20 years following the break-up of the Soviet Union,...
View ArticleRussia's Putin says Iran nuclear push is peaceful
Source: Reuters Original post date: 11 June 2013Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday he has no doubt that Iran is adhering to international commitments on nuclear non-proliferation but...
View ArticleObama calls for reduction in nuclear arms in broad-brush Berlin speech
Source: The Guardian (UK) Original author(s): Dan Roberts & Kate Connolly Original post date: 19 June 2013Barack Obama called for a renaissance in the shared liberal values that underpin...
View ArticleNuclear Arms Reduction Deals to Become Multilateral – Lavrov
Source: Ria Novosti (Russia) Original post date: 22 June 2013Any upcoming treaties on nuclear arms reductions will have to involve all countries that have atomic weapons at their disposal, Russian...
View ArticleU.S., Russia remove potential atom bomb material from Vietnam
Source: Reuters Original post date: 2 July 2013The United States and Russia have helped ship out nearly 16 kilograms (35 pounds) of highly enriched uranium from Vietnam as part of a global campaign...
View ArticleIn response to questionning by Paul Flynn MP, UK Prime Minister says nuclear...
Hansard Prime Minister: Russia 26 June 2013 Column 293W Paul Flynn: To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had with President Putin of Russia on nuclear weapons and nuclear disarmament at the...
View ArticleU.S.-Russia Rift Could Impact Upcoming Nuke Talks
Source: Inter Press Service Original post date: 7 August 2013The growing political rift between the United States and Russia triggered by the granting of temporary asylum to U.S. whistleblower...
View ArticlePro-nuclear propaganda in 1983: lessons for 2013
Date: 9 August 2013Dr Rebecca JohnsonCabinet papers and secret government letters from 1983 that have been made public under the 30 year rule (excerpts attached below) show that Margaret Thatcher’s...
View ArticleRussia works on "concrete" plan for control of Syrian chemical arms
Source: Reuters Original post date: 10 September 2013Russia said on Tuesday it was working with Syria on an "effective, clear, concrete" plan to put Syria's chemical weapons under international...
View ArticleU.S., Russia clash over Syria reactor at U.N. nuclear meeting
Source: Reuters Original post date: 9 September 2013U.S.-Russian tensions over Syria spilled into a U.N. nuclear watchdog meeting on Monday when the two clashed over whether inspectors should...
View ArticlePacific Fleet 'Tomsk' nuclear sub catches fire at Zvezda shipyard
Source: Itar-Tass News Agency (Russia) Original post date: 16 September 2013A fire broke out on Monday on a nuclear submarine of Russia’s Pacific Fleet named ‘Tomsk’ that is under repairs at the...
View ArticleRussia open for compromise on missile defense
Source: Itar-Tass News Agency (Russia) Original post date: 28 October 2013Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was opened for a compromise on missile defence.However, Lavrov said any...
View ArticleIran, powers to have expert-level nuclear talks in Vienna Oct. 30-31
Source: Reuters Original post date: 25 October 2013Experts from Iran and six world powers will meet in Vienna on Oct. 30-31 to prepare the next round of high-level talks on the contested Iranian...
View ArticlePutin repeals orders on missile shield cooperation with NATO
Source: Voice of Russia Original post date: 31 October 2013Russian President Vladimir Putin has invalidated the order of 2011, which set up an interdepartmental working group at the Russian...
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