Nuclear Debate

It’s a new era of nuclear rearmament – and United States is leading the march

Nuclear arms control is fast unravelling and the Non-Proliferation Treaty could be at risk.

Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León
· Feb 21, 2019 · 11:30 pm
The Doomsday Clock is now just two minutes from the apocalypse

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said ‘the nuclear landscape took center stage’ in its decision to move the minute hand closer to midnight this year.

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· Jan 26, 2018 · 04:28 pm
How the debate on the nuclear arms race in a post-Christian world should go

Any conversation on the subject should include Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, India and China.

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· Apr 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

India, China and Pakistan join US-led boycott against UN meet to ban nuclear weapons

Japan has also opposed the negotiations and said the lack of consensus in the matter will undermine efforts towards nuclear disarmament.

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· Mar 28, 2017 · 01:12 pm
View from Pakistan: How Islamabad should revive active nuclear diplomacy

The country needs to reverse discriminatory restrictions, impede India’s strategic build-up and preserve the credibility of its nuclear deterrence.

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· Jun 28, 2016 · 10:30 pm
Watch: Switzerland promised to support India's NSG bid when Modi visited just two weeks ago

At Seoul, however, it seems like the Swiss changed their mind.

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Nuclear Debate

It’s a new era of nuclear rearmament – and United States is leading the march

Nuclear arms control is fast unravelling and the Non-Proliferation Treaty could be at risk.

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