By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN) – One day after the European Union reiterated its commitment to support “the full and effective implementation of the agreement” with Iran, the Trump Administration announced on January 12 that it will continue to waive sanctions on the Islamic Republic in accordance with U.S. commitments under the 2015 nuclear […]
Donald Trump’s Nuclear Posture Rather Menacing
By Daryl G. Kimball Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the Arms Control Association. This article first appeared with the caption ‘Trump’s More Dangerous Nuclear Posture’. WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – Just one year ago, Vice President Joe Biden delivered an address touting the progress achieved during the Obama years to reduce the salience and […]
Former ICBM Launch Officer Calls for Reforming Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority
By J C Suresh TORONTO | WASHINGTON, DC (IDN) – Cofounder of the organization Global Zero, and a former Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile launch officer has called for major changes to prevent a U.S. President from ordering the use of nuclear weapons. In a new article published in the forthcoming issue of Arms Control Today, Bruce Blair, […]
Israeli Disarmament Movement Steers Through Nuclear Ambiguity
By Bernhard Schell AMMAN (IDN) – The Israeli media ignored the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in honour of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on December 10, 2017 in Oslo. The Israeli Ambassador to Norway however attended the event. The silence of the Israeli media, according to observers, was not surprising though ICAN’s […]
UN Expert Reveals Shocking Facts about Poverty in the U.S.
By J C Suresh TORONTO (IDN) – More than one in every eight Americans, numbering 40 million, equal to 12.7 % of the population, are living in poverty, and almost half of those – 18.5 million – in abysmal poverty, according to a new report. Though the United States is one of the world’s richest, […]
‘Listen To Our Testimony. Heed Our Warning’
By Setsuko Thurlow Setsuko Thurlow is a Japanese-Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. She is a leading figure in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. Thurlow accepted the prize on behalf of the campaign at a ceremony in Oslo […]
Monitoring Dismantlement Key to Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
By Jamshed Baruah NEW YORK (IDN) – Since the United Nations General Assembly adopted on July 7, 2017 the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, urging the prohibition and complete elimination of the atomic arsenal, the question of verification and the dismantlement of nuclear weapons has acquired particular importance. Because there are several areas […]
Iran Deal ‘Key Strategic Priority’ for Global Security, Mogherini Tells Tillerson
By Kelsey Davenport Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy at the Arms Control Association. This article was first published in their blog with the caption ‘Tillerson, Mogherini Meet Ahead of Key JCPOA Deadlines’. – The Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) – EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini reiterated to U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson […]
Nobel Peace Prize for ICAN Puts Pressure on Norway to Sign the UN Treaty
By Nina Berglund The writer is editor and publisher of Norway’s news site, newsinenglish.no. This report, which originally appeared with the headline Peace Prize puts squeeze on Norway, is being reproduced courtesy of the news site. – The Editor OSLO (IDN-INPS) – Nobel Peace Prize Day in Oslo dawned with clear and sunny skies on […]