Thanks to South Korea, there is a chance for peace with North Korea. Whether the Trump administration can take it is another matter.
Articles on Nuclear disarmament
Displaying 21 - 28 of 28 articles
Military options should, and must, be on the table if diplomacy fails to compel North Korea to de-nuclearize.
A nuclear physicist and disarmament expert recommends reading on nuclear disasters, weapons, authoritarianism and climate change.
The treaty to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons has been exceptionally successful. Only nine states have them. Now, efforts are underway to completely rid the world of them.
With a $1 trillion modernisation programme signed off and atomic scientists deeply worried about the future, American policy on nuclear weapons is pretty much business as usual.
Is Australia’s reliance on nuclear defence agreements keeping us on the wrong side of history?
In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice.
The West has long depended on the nuclear deterrent to quell the threat of ‘rogue’ nations like North Korea. But Pyongyang’s continued nuclear weapons program shows that global disarmament is the only answer.
Top contributors
-
Associate Professor in Political Studies, University of the Western Cape
-
Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
-
Senior Lecturer in Politics and History, Swinburne University of Technology
-
Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of International Relations Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham; BASIC
-
Professor of International Relations, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto; USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
-
Carole Sargent is a Friend of The Conversation.
Literary Historian, Georgetown University
-
Professor at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London
-
Professor of International Security & Director of the Queen's Institute for Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
-
Pre-doctoral researcher, University of Cambridge
-
Professor of Government; Faculty Affiliate, Global Research Institute, William & Mary
-
Research Associate Environment, Trade & Security, University of Waterloo
-
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
-
Associate Professor in US History, University of Nottingham
-
PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology