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Based on past performance, economic sanctions will never be strong enough to denuclearise North Korea. There’s a better way.
A recent conference to review the most comprehensive nuclear weapons treaty fell flat due to ‘aggressive diplomatic’ tactics.
In the wake of the US attacks, the international community asked itself how it could ensure that such horrors were never repeated.
The latest attacks have come amid growing concern over Iran’s nuclear program, prompting questions over what this means for the global non-proliferation regime.
In Seoul, Tokyo and even Taipei, a once-unthinkable idea — building nuclear weapons — has begun to look disturbingly pragmatic.
African leaders need to proactively address and confront an impending threat of nuclear war.
On the face of the announcements made so far, the deal complies with international law, despite accusations to the contrary from China and other critics.
Policymakers often think of their decisions about nuclear weapons as moral, a nuclear ethicist explains – which is key to understanding their motives.
Despite decades of progress on nonproliferation, Russia’s new threats of nuclear strikes bring to mind that convincing countries to reduce their nuclear weapons has long been very difficult.
Russia agreed in 1994 to respect Ukraine’s sovereignty and national borders in return for Kyiv agreeing to give up its nuclear arsenal.
Experts around the world have been warning nuclear weapons are increasingly being seen as ‘usable’ by the political and military leaders who wield them.
African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
Kwame Nkrumah and Ali Mazrui associated nuclear weapons with imperialism and racism, but proposed different approaches to address the problem they present.
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations’ views, but others presented real opportunities for reconciliation.
Nearly 50 years old, the treaty has been signed by 190 countries – more than any other arms limitation treaty. But now Iran is threatening to withdraw.
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