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Nuclear Weapons
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Civil Society Statement to the UN High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Disarmament
There are no good nuclear weapons and no right hands for them. Nuclear weapons do not and cannot bring security. Nuclear weapons abolition - essential for human survival - …
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India’s Top Generals Adopt Nuclear Postures Ahead of 2014 Polls
Although both main parties support India's nuclear power and weapons industries, they are sparring over the details of India's liability clause in a deal involving the purchase of Westinghouse …
US Plans Nuclear-Capable Missile Test on Day of UN Nuclear Disarmament Meeting
The Air Force has announced that it plans to test another Minuteman III missile in the early morning hours of September 26. Later that same day in New York, …
Amid Activists’ Appeal to Lift Sanctions, US Resists Talks With Iran
While Iran's new president has called for serious and substantive negotiations with the West over his country's nuclear program that would ease tensions, and an open letter to President …
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US Nuclear Policy: Where’s Our Credibility?
The insensitive timing, indeed the provocation of these tests, is remarkable.
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NYT’s David Sanger Scaremongering Iran Nukes Worse Than Netanyahu
The New York Times' David Sanger provides no evidence for his assertion that Iran is
Iran Cooties: Will Obama Meet With Rouhani Tuesday?
Will President Obama dare meet with Iran's newly elected, pragmatic, pro-diplomacy President Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations Tuesday?
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Chemical Weapons, Then Nuclear Weapons
US-Russian cooperation on achieving the elimination of Syria's chemical weapons is an exciting first step in the direction of a more decent world order.
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Low Expectations for High-Level Nuke Meet
The Disarmament Commission has met ritualistically every year without any agreed texts in the last 14 years.
The Broader Stakes of Syrian Crisis
Though some intelligence analysts still doubt that the Syrian government launched a chemical attack, the political momentum for a U.S. retaliatory strike may be unstoppable. But the broader framework …