(published on Nukes of Hazard) Last month, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) sought to authenticate North Korea’s status as a nuclear weapon state by citing a recent assessment by Robert Norris and Hans Kristensen. KCNA reported that “the Federation of American Scientists of the United States has confirmed (North) Korea as a nuclear weapon state.” [...]
Thursday, October 29, 2009
A newly created elite group of British cross-party parliamentarians dedicated to multilateral nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation (aptly titled the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation) was officially launched today with a meeting in Westminster. Former Defence Secretary Des Browne is the group’s convener. Drawing inspiration from America’s Four Horsemen, the [...]
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Ok, so what exactly is going on with North Korea? It is often difficult to separate public diplomacy from the real diplomacy. Similarly, it is also difficult to separate hard analysis from catchy headlines. As a ‘rogue’ nation, North Korea is under the constant scrutiny of the media and governments worldwide. Thus, there is an incredible [...]
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Would the World Really be better off Without Nuclear Weapons? In addition to the debate over whether or not a world without nuclear weapons is realistically attainable, another debate continues to lurk in the background: whether or not the world would be better off without nuclear weapons. The immense destructive power of nuclear weapons has been [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
In the wake of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August, 1945, the popular ethos practiced by the U.S. science community confronted an overwhelming impetus for self-evaluation. The sheer magnitude of physical power generated by the atomic bomb, particularly in the context of its use against a segment of humanity, prompted scientists across [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Prompted by the entry into force of the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba) on July 15th, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis of ArmsControlWonk posted a fascinating piece yesterday that delves into the significance of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones and probes into the intricacies of negative security assurances, particularly as employed by the U.S. [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
The Oft-Neglected North-South Divide in International Nuclear Issues International nuclear policy-makers must better heed developmental politics. By developmental politics, I refer to the economic disparity between the developed and the developing nations, and the political tensions between these two sides resulting from that disparity. This may also be referred to as the politics of inequality or [...]
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