Disarmament
Open to dialogue if North Korea ready to disarm: US
After North Korea's Kim Jong-un postponed a threat to fire missiles towards Guam, US secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that Washington remains ready for talks
1 min read15 Aug 2017The great nuclear disarmament divide
On the one hand, there are umbrella states that are addicted to their nuclear protection, and on the other, there are umbrella states that clearly feel trapped by it
3 min read29 Aug 2016The burden on the US's conscience
Hiroshima was the world's first atomic bombing, setting a precedent, and Nagasaki was a wanton act
4 min read3 Jun 2016Barack Obama mourns dead in Hiroshima, calls for world without nuclear arms
The two governments hope Barack Obama's visit to Hiroshima underscores a new level of reconciliation and tighter ties between the former enemies
3 min read27 May 2016North Korea to pursue nuclear and missile programmes
North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva said there is now a state of semi-war on the divided peninsula
2 min read1 Apr 2016OPCW says 90% of global chemical weapons destroyed
Around 63,000 metric tonnes of declared chemical weapons, mostly from US and Russian arsenals, have now been destroyed
1 min read28 May 2015Nuclear ripples
The Iranian tangle is the result of failed universal nuclear disarmament
1 min read12 Nov 2013Obama's discordant concerto
So far, no US leader has been willing to reconsider the concept of a strategic deterrent
2 min read23 Jun 2013Nuke free world still distant, says India
Nuke free world still distant, says India
1 min read16 Oct 2010Obama’s Nobel prize win gets mixed reviews
Obama's Nobel prize win gets mixed reviews
4 min read9 Oct 2009Wait for it…
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