Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World: Publication launch in Geneva

Apr 9, 2013 | 9-11, Denuclearization, Disarmament, Global Security Institute, Jonathan Granoff, NATO, Nuclear Proliferation, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Policy Briefs and Reports

April 9, 2013– Government diplomats, UN officials, disarmament researchers, policy analysts, academics and representatives of non-governmental organizations attended the launch on April 9 of Moving Beyond Nuclear Deterrence to a Nuclear-Weapons-Free World, the...

NATO and the Future Role of Nuclear Weapons

Jul 12, 2012 | Events

Seminar at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly German ParliamentPNND Event Report On May 25, 2008, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES) held a seminar at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in...

More than Moralism: How Values Matter to Nuclear Security

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

  by Rev. Tyler Wigg-Stevenson Review of Faith & International Affairs August 2011   Nuclear weapons are devices; a means to a variety of ends. Ethical analysis must have compelling moral ends as the primary point of reference. By morally examining a...

Japan needs to loosen the US nuclear leash

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Asahi Shimbun Hiromichi Umebayashi April 20, 2010   The greatest achievement of the investigation into “secret pacts” between Japan and the United States was a clear recognition that there was indeed a tacit agreement between the two governments...

Japan and NATO Are Ready for the US to Reduce Nuclear Weapons

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

Huffington Post by Alyn Ware February 18, 2010   It has been nearly a year since President Obama’s now famous Prague speech, announcing America’s commitment to a nuclear weapons-free future. A key test of that commitment is at hand: the current U. S....

Japan ready for ‘no nukes’

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

The Japan Times by Shingo Fukuyama and MPI Steering Committee member Hiromichi Umebayashi August 25, 2009   As the Obama administration contemplates major reductions to its nuclear arsenal, Japan’s commitment to nuclear disarmament is being tested as never...

Nuclear Weapons: What Obama actually said on deterrence

Jul 6, 2012 | Op Eds

 August 1, 2008 The Washington Times by John Hollum The Washington Times recently published an op-ed by Peter Huessy (“Playing games with U.S. security, Obama’s feel-good approach puts nuclear deterrent at risk”) which mischaracterized Sen....

204 Japanese Legislators Support Obama’s Vision of Nuclear Disarmament

Feb 2, 2010 | Bipartisan Security Group, Global Security Institute, Japan, Jonathan Granoff, Middle Powers Initiative, NATO, Newsletter, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Robert Grey

Obama Opponents’ Arguments on Nuclear Policy Rebutted       PNND Member Hideo Hiraoka February 22, 2010 PNND member Hideo Hiraoka and 203 other Japanese legislators sent a letter to US President Obama supporting his stated policy objectives of moving...