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 […]

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 […]

Uncertainty over U.S.-Russian Arms Control Talks

By Kingston Reif and Shervin Taheran While Kingston Reif is Director for Disarmament and Threat Reduction Policy, Shervin Taheran is Research Assistant at the Arms Control Association, which carried this report on May 24, 2019. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Following a May 14 meeting in Sochi, Russia, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister […]

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