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Nuclear proliferation

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...

For nuclear sanity
Praful Bidwai
India should welcome Obama’s call for a nuclear weapons-free world and launch a spirited campaign for the rapid elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.

PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s April 5 speech in Prague calling for a world free of the scourge of nuclear weapons is a major foreign and...

Obama and hopes for global nuclear disarmament
Achin Vanaik
Although Obama's promises on nuclear disarmament should not be exaggerated, the announced shift in the US nuclear policy offers a glimmer of hope. Outlining the key treaties regulating the spread and testing of nuclear weapons, Achin Vanaik explores the prospects the new US presidency offers...
Civil society speaks up
Praful Bidwai

An unfortunate consequence of vitiated India-Pakistan relations immediately after the Mumbai terrorist attacks was the relatively muted response of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the two countries. Earlier, they had campaigned for peace while braving hostility from both establishments....

'No reason for unease at Obama presidency'
Praful Bidwai

NEW DELHI, Jan 21 (IPS) - As much of the world jubilates in the swearing in of Barack Hussein Obama as the President of the United States of America, Indian diplomats are uneasy about what his presidency would entail for relations between the two countries.

Former Indian diplomats and...

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