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Published in: 50.50UN talks to ban nuclear weapons: what can they achieve?What should the nuclear ban treaty include – and what difference does it make, if nuclear-armed governments refuse...
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Published in: 50.50Why the UK was wrong to back Trump's envoy against UN nuclear disarmament talksIgnoring protests from the US, UK and some NATO countries, two-thirds of UN member states appear determined to...
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Published in: 50.50Negotiating a global nuclear ban treaty: nuclear-armed states vs the UNUN negotiations start today in New York on a global treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. Ignoring cross-party...
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Published in: 50.50Historic UN vote to negotiate a Nuclear Ban Treaty in 2017On 27 October, the UN General Assembly's Disarmament and Security Committee voted for negotiations in 2017 on a...
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Published in: 50.50Whose work was the inspiration for the first nuke-free country?New Zealand was the first country in the world to pass national nuclear-free legislation. Marilyn Waring reflects on...
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Published in: 50.50Will Nagasaki be the last use of nuclear weapons?Will the pincer movement of international humanitarian initiatives to bring into force a universally applicable...
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Published in: 50.50From Hiroshima to Trident: listening to the Hibakusha“Humanity and nuclear weapons cannot coexist indefinitely. How much longer can we allow the Nuclear Weapon States to...
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Published in: 50.50Hiroshima: do the British Members of Parliament remember ?When Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May said she'd press the nuclear button during the July 18 vote on Trident,...
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Published in: 50.50Trident in a time warp: party politics vs defence needsAs Britain and Europe reeled from Brexit Theresa May rushed through the vote on Trident replacement. Was this strong...
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Published in: 50.50From Fukushima to Hinkley PointNormal 0 The stories of people trying to revive abandoned villages left contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear...
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Published in: 50.50What if? Security consequences of Brexit and Trident renewalIf David Cameron survives the result of the EU referendum, he may try to rush Parliament into a vote on Trident...
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Published in: 50.50Trident or the EU: which is better for peace and security?Mutual security and deterrence with fewer risks has been a conscious, crucial, and underestimated role of the EU. A...
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Published in: 50.50Britain's boycott of the UN multilateral nuclear disarmament talksWith opposition to Trident growing, the British government has refused to join this week's UN multilateral nuclear...
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Published in: 50.50The UN: are development and peace empty words?
As governments adopt the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, their roles in producing and selling weapons...
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Published in: 50.50NPT: cornerstone of nuclear non-proliferation or stumbling block?
After the NPT Review Conference collapsed in disarray last week with disagreement over new proposals for a Middle...
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Published in: 50.50NPT: nuclear colonialism versus democratic disarmament
A host of nuclear free states are claiming back their power to create the conditions for a much-needed legally...
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Published in: 50.50Violence is not inevitable: It is a choice
In 1915 a thousand women met in the Hague to demand an end to war. A thousand women are doing so again this week. It...
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Published in: 50.50Debating the long and the short-term view of sexual violence in war
Sexualized violence is an issue of security. It is also an issue of women’s equality and rights. It's imperative...
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Published in: 50.50Scrapping Trident: the holistic approach
This is a key moment in the long history of nuclear disarmament in the UK, and Nicola Sturgeon's tactics place...
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Published in: 50.50The Austrian pledge to ban nuclear weapons
Driven by “the imperative of human security for all", Austria pledged at the HINW conference to work to "stigmatise,...
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