Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
“The Limits of Unilateralism” By Amb. Thomas Graham, Jr.
Remarks by Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.Washington, DC October 2, 2003 Disarmament, arms control, is not a new issue. In the Middle Ages, the Pope outlawed the crossbow declaring it to be "hateful to God and unfit for Christians." However, the crossbow was later...
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace
Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Click here for the original publication at Commondreams.org Tensions, it seems, between the US and Russia heighten daily. Increasingly hostile rhetoric is slung from both sides in a tactical volley best characterized as dumb and dumber. One...
Toward a Nuclear-Free World: Reaganites against the bomb
Op-ed by Tyler Wigg Stevenson and Jessica Wilbanks This article was originally published in Sojourners Magazine, April 2008. Reprinted with permission. +1 (800) 714-7474 In January 4, 2007, former Reagan administration officials George Shultz and Henry Kissinger...
Strengthening Space Security
October 14, 2009 Event report by Jim Wurst (L-R): John Steinbruner, Nancy Gallagher, Cesar Jaramillo Technology in outer space is outpacing the global legal regime governing their use. New arrangements are therefore needed to ensure that space is kept...
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace – Op-Ed by Rhianna Tyson
Forsaking Space Weapons Would Spur Peace Op-ed by Rhianna Tyson Tensions, it seems, between the US and Russia heighten daily. Increasingly hostile rhetoric is slung from both sides in a tactical volley best characterized as dumb and dumber. One side’s foolhardy plans...
Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament – Event Report by Rhianna K. Tyson
Forty diplomats and civil society experts gathered at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations to participate in a workshop titled “Nuclear Weapons Convention or Framework of Agreements: Exploring Proposals for Nuclear Disarmament,” organized as an...
Japan Crisis (Fukushima Reactors) Highlights the Danger of Nuclearism
Japan Crisis Highlights the Dangers of Nuclearism Too many pundits on the airwaves and blogosphere are focused on the technological minutiae of what has-- and continues-- to go wrong at the Fukushima reactors in Japan. Too few are humble enough to recognize...
Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons – GSI Event Report
A stimulating panel, Humanitarian Law Versus Nuclear Weapons, took as its theme the international community’s reaffirmation earlier this year that law governing the conduct of warfare applies in the nuclear arena. The October 25 event at the UN was co-sponsored by the...
Link Nuclear Weapons Convention to Humanitarian Law, MPI Event Report
MPI Event Report October 18, 2010 (L-R): Ambassador Cabactulan, Senator Roche, Ambassador Strohal and Alyn Ware During the panel, "Routes to Elimination," on October 18, the President of the 2010 NPT Review Conference called on middle power states to...
MPI Geneva Consultation Focuses on Global Ban On Nuclear Weapons
Summary Report (L-R): Jonathan Granoff, President of the Global Security Institute; H.E. Libran Cabactulan, Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations; former UN Under-Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala; UN High Representative for...