Nuclear proliferation

Withdrawal Issues: Report on the U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe

Withdrawal Issues

March 2011
Wilbert van der Zeijden
Susi Snyder

Interviews conducted with European NATO delegations and NATO staffers concerned with nuclear planning and deployment reveal that there is sufficient political will to end the deployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

Learning from Disaster? After Sendai

March 2011
Richard Falk

Despite a terrible history with nuclear technology, corporate and state actors try to disconnect these mega disasters from the energy industry in order to "normalise" that which continues threatens our very existance.

H-bomb or a fizzle?

September 2009
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

August 2009
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-emitting tests have occurred and nuclear energy plants mushroomed, with promises of cheap, safe and clean power.

Sinking billions into nuclear weapons

August 2009
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?

August 2009
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

June 2009
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

May 2009
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 this meeting. Like all of you, we have great expectations for next year’s NPT Review Conference.

For nuclear sanity

April 2009
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 security policy initiative that deserves applause.

Obama and hopes for global nuclear disarmament

April 2009
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 to the goal of disarmament and suggests strategies for civic action to further the cause.