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Civil society speaks up
Praful Bidwai
31 January 2009
Article
Obama and hopes for global nuclear disarmament
Achin Vanaik
22 April 2009
Article
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.
For nuclear sanity
Praful Bidwai
30 April 2009
Article
Introduction to NGO Presentations to NPT Prepcom
Peter Weiss
18 May 2009
Article
Nuclear promises
Zia Mian
04 June 2009
Article
Tom Reifer

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Associate Fellow
Tom Reifer is currently Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of San Diego and publishes widely on global peace and social justice issues. He has also been a long-time activist in the anti-nuclear movement as well as a rank and file trade union activist. His specialty is the study of large-scale, long-term social change and world-systems analysis. ...
Achin Vanaik

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Fellow
Achin Vanaik (India) TNI Fellow and Retired Professor of International Relations and Global Politics from the University of Delhi, Achin is an active member of the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (India). He has (co)authored or (co) edited 20 books ranging from studies of India's political economy, issues concerning religion, communalism and secularism as well as international...
Spurring nuclear Bhopals?
Praful Bidwai
01 August 2009
Article
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.
Sinking billions into nuclear weapons
Praful Bidwai
03 August 2009
Article
India's nuclear weapons pursuit is leading to a runaway increase in arms spending, in which its adversaries become the decision maker.
The nuclear gang rides again
Saul Landau
20 August 2009
Article
H-bomb or a fizzle?
Praful Bidwai
08 September 2009
Article
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
How many bombs does India need?
Praful Bidwai
18 September 2009
Article
India already has more than 100 fission weapons, each enough to kill up to two million people. This is deterrence enough.
Zia Mian

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Zia Mian is a research scientist with the programme on science and global security, based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a columnist of Foreign Policy in Focus, and contributor to TNI's Militarism and Globalisation project
What's behind Obama's rhetoric of nuclear restraint?
Achin Vanaik
05 October 2009
Article
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.
Barack Obama, Iran, and the nuclear danger
Mariano Aguirre
20 October 2009
Article

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 a solution.
An insecure arsenal
Praful Bidwai
17 November 2009
Article
The task of securing Pakistan’s nuclear facilities against an extremist takeover cannot be left to the U.S. alone.