In an ever more dangerous world the focus should be on how we can limit, not increase, the risk of major nuclear conflicts.
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The voices of the Hibakusha offer not only memory, but also moral clarity in an age of growing peril.
In the majority of cases, diplomacy has played a pivotal role in convincing nuclear-seeking nations to relinquish their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
A lack of political will has impeded any progress on disarmament for nearly four decades.
An ‘unscheduled’ visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky certainly raised the stakes for the summit at a critical time in the war.
If a new non-alignment is to be achieved in Africa, the foreign military bases of the US, France, and China - and the Russian military presence - must be dismantled.
A nuclear nonproliferation expert explains why Iran was always unlikely to return to the 2015 international agreement that limited its nuclear weapon development.
Policymakers often think of their decisions about nuclear weapons as moral, a nuclear ethicist explains – which is key to understanding their motives.
As Russia threatens to invade Ukraine, Ukrainians wonder about the worth of a 1994 agreement signed by Russia, the US and the UK, who promised to protect the newly independent state’s sovereignty.
African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
With the recent AUKUS agreement increasing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region, the time is right for nuclear-free New Zealand to take a lead.
Kwame Nkrumah and Ali Mazrui associated nuclear weapons with imperialism and racism, but proposed different approaches to address the problem they present.
As Pope Francis becomes the first pontiff in the nuclear era to call for total disarmament, all of us – whether secular or religious – can engage through creative and proactive moral responsibility.
The recent nuclear explosions in Russia serve as a reminder of the threat that nuclear weapons pose. Canada is uniquely situated to work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons globally.
With the risk of a nuclear conflict seeming higher than ever, how much do EU citizens really know about nuclear weapons and their use? A new survey provides striking answers.
A tense standoff in the world’s most volatile region is not only dangerous, it could have been avoided by the US adhering to an agreement that was far from perfect, but better than the alternative.
A new strategy from the UN secretary general challenges the world to explain why it’s not doing more to defuse the nuclear threat.
After decades of deadly enmity, Libya and the West made a major breakthrough on weapons of mass destruction. How?
Politics podcast: Robert Kelly on the Korean summits
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Professor Robert Kelly is pessimistic about how much the upcoming Korean summits will achieve this Friday.
The goal of the summit should not be the nuclear disarmament of North Korea.
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Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
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Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
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Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham; BASIC
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Professor of International Relations, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto; USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Carole Sargent is a Friend of The Conversation.
Literary Historian, Georgetown University
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Professor at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of International Security & Director of the Queen's Institute for Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Pre-doctoral researcher, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Government; Faculty Affiliate, Global Research Institute, William & Mary
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Research Associate Environment, Trade & Security, University of Waterloo
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Timothy J. Jorgensen is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor in US History, University of Nottingham
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology