By Santo D. Banerjee NEW YORK (IDN) – While nuclear experts and peace advocates have expressed heightened concern about the collapse of the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the United States and Russia are trading accusations over breaching commitments and taking actions evoking Cold War era. The Treaty was signed by former U.S. President […]
UN Outreaches Youth with Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence
By Belen Bianco, UNODA NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) launched its youth outreach initiative on August 16. The first activity organized under this initiative brought together young people from across the New York area to UN Headquarters to join an expert-led discussion on the implications of artificial intelligence […]
Nuclear Arms Race Is Here
By Jessica Corbett * MAINE, USA (IDN) – Nuclear experts and disarmament advocates are warning that the world is witnessing a new arms race after the Pentagon tested a new missile August 18 that would have violated a Cold War-era treaty the Trump administration ditched earlier this month. After years of the U.S. government—under both […]
The Devastating Arms Race Rages Unabated
Viewpoint by Somar Wijayadasa* “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” – U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower in ‘The Chance for Peace’ address in April 1953. NEW YORK (IDN) […]
Growing Concern about US-Russian Disarmament Treaties
By Jamshed Baruah NEW YORK (IDN) – In his agenda for disarmament, Securing Our Common Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for reinvigorated dialogue, serious negotiations and a return to a common vision leading towards nuclear disarmament. Next year, over 190 States Parties will gather in New York for the 2020 Review Conference […]
NATO Chief Should Urge USA to Work with Russia For Arms Control
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball The writer is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared on July 15 on the organization’s website. WASHINGTO, DC (IDN-INPS) – Russian pursuit of the 9M729 intermediate-range missile, which is banned under the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, is unacceptable and merits a strong response. […]
New Report Warns of Resurfacing Nuclear Risks
By Jaya Ramachandran NEW YORK (IDN) – In the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in 2020, arms control experts have warned that “the risk of nuclear use is increasing and … critical nonproliferation and disarmament norms are eroding”. Assessing Progress on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament in 2016-2019, the Arms […]
What After the Trump-Kim Meeting at the Demilitarized Zone?
Viewpoint by Kelsey Davenport The author is director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. This article is being reproduced from the Association’s Website. WASHINGTON, DC (IDN| INPS) – U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un met at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea June 30 and […]
Caribbean States Vow to Facilitate Swift Entry into Force of Nuclear Ban Treaty
By Jaya Ramachandran GENEVA (IDN) –Seventy countries have signed and 23 ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) since it was opened for signature at the UN headquarters in New York on September 20, 2017, nearly two-and-a-half months after it was adopted by 122 states. The Treaty will enter into legal force […]
1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference in Retrospect
Viewpoint by David Krieger The author is President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. The following article originally appeared on the organisation’s website on April 9, 2019. SANTA BARBARA, CA | USA (IDN-INPS) – The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) was opened for signatures in 1968 and entered into force in 1970. Despite its name, the NPT […]