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    'A world without nuclear weapons' might still be possible
    Phyllis Bennis

    Obama should be leading global efforts towards real nuclear disarmament - and he could begin by talking to Iran about supporting a nuclear weapons-free zone.

    Barack Obama, Iran, and the nuclear danger
    Mariano Aguirre

    The tensions over Iran's nuclear programme resemble the prelude to the Iraq war of 2003. But the new conditions of international politics could yet be turned to advantage in finding...
    What's behind Obama's rhetoric of nuclear restraint?
    Achin Vanaik

    The discourse of concern about nuclear non-proliferation by the biggest and most obscene of all nuclear culprits – the US – serves admirably as one line of attack on countries like Iran and as a disguise for the US’s deeper and wider motives in West and East Asia.

    How many bombs does India need?
    Praful Bidwai

    India already has more than 100 fission weapons, each enough to kill up to two million people. This is deterrence enough.

    H-bomb or a fizzle?
    Praful Bidwai

    The claim that the May 1998 thermonuclear test failed should not be used to demand further testing. India does not need hydrogen bombs for security

    The nuclear gang rides again
    Saul Landau

    A group of scientists, military officials and government bureaucrats signed an informal pact with the devil. The contract became public in August 1945, when U.S. bombers nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

    Since then, no other nation has used a nuclear weapon, but thousands of radiation-...

    Sinking billions into nuclear weapons
    Praful Bidwai

    India's nuclear weapons pursuit is leading to a runaway increase in arms spending, in which its adversaries become the decision maker.

    Spurring nuclear Bhopals?
    Praful Bidwai
    U.S. and Indian industry pressure to cap liability for civilian nuclear accidents will create a regime that shields offending corporations and punishes the public.
    Nuclear promises
    Zia Mian

    The leaders of the nuclear weapon states, led by President Barack Obama, are promising to abolish nuclear weapons. It is a good sign. But we have been here before. This time the world needs more than promises.

    Introduction to NGO Presentations to NPT Prepcom
    Peter Weiss

    Mr. Chair, Distinguished Delegates: My name is Peter Weiss. I am Vice President of IALANA, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms.

    I am grateful for the opportunity which you have given to civil society to share with you some of its concerns about the subject of...

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