Nuclear Non-Proliferation News

Welcome to Nuclear Non-Proliferation News, an occasional news service from the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy. We aim to provide links to a selection of UK and international news stories relevant to nuclear weapons and proliferation issues. We welcome your comments and feedback. Please send your comments to katb@acronym.org.uk

Edition 15, Summer 2011 - International News

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1) Arms control & missile defence
2) The existing regime: NPT implementation, CTBT entry into force & fissile materials negotiation
3) UK Trident renewal
4) Proliferation Challenges and Updates
i) Iran
ii) North Korea
iii) Potential New Proliferators: Syria and Myanmar (Burma)
iv) India & Pakistan
5) Other disarmament news

Edition 14, Spring 2011 - International News

The Acronym Institute’s International Nuclear Weapons  & Non-Proliferation News, comprises a digest of news on global nuclear weapons policy issues as well as wider disarmament developments and proliferation challenges. Read the overview of the Spring 2011 edition here

1) Nuclear crisis in Japan
2) Proliferation Challenges and Updates
i) Iran
ii) North Korea
iii) India & Pakistan
iv) Israel
v) Myanmar/Burma
vi) Syria
3) New START
4) NATO nuclear policy
5) The United Kingdom
6) Prospects for nuclear disarmament
7) Wikileaks
8) Other News

Edition 13, Spring/Summer 2010 - International News

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1. Nuclear Disarmament Assessments
   
2. NPT Review Conference
   US Nuclear Developments
   
3. Agreement on New START
   
4. US Nuclear Posture Review
   
5. Nuclear Security Summit
   
6. Obama assessed one year on
   
7. Continuing controversy: Missile Defence & Space
   
8. NATO Nuclear Weapons
   Proliferation Challenges
   
9. Iranian dispute continues
   
10. Nuclear North Korea: Tensions mount
    
11. Israeli nuclear weapons in the spotlight
    
12. Nuclear dealings: India & Pakistan
    
13. New Proliferators
    
14. In Other News

Edition 12, Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 - International News

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1. Preparing the way for nuclear disarmament
2. Progress stalls at CD
3. Prospects for the NPT  
4. US nuclear spending and delayed posture review
5. START Follow-on
6. Contradictory signals on missile defence
7. New IAEA Director-General and increased pressure on Iran
8. North Korea
9. India & Pakistan
10. In other news
11. People

Edition 11, Autumn/Winter 2009-2010 - British News

1. Trident Renewal: Developments and Concerns
2. UK Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure and Safety Issues
   
3. Launch of New “Top Level” Cross-Party Group
4. SNP Party Conference – Trident and Scottish Independence
5. Calls for the UK to take Further Disarmament Steps
6. Chilcot Inquiry on the Iraq War
7. People
   

Edition 10, Summer 2009

Highlights

• US-Russia Strategic Arms Talks

British News

• Brown hints at Trident cuts
• Ministry of Defence announces a Defence Review
• Commission on National Security calls for re-examination of Trident
• Crunch Time for Trident
• Liberal Democrats oppose Trident renewal
• Conservative Debates on Trident
• Foreign Affairs Select Committee Report calls for progress on disarmament
• Scottish debate intensifies
• Nuclear Fleet to be based at Faslane
• Nuclear Submarine Accidents
• Brown Speech
• Defence Industry
• Opposition to Trident continues
• Remembering Michael Quinlan

International News

• NPT PrepCom 2009
• Towards CTBT ratification
• Ending the CD deadlock
• Missile Defence on the defensive
• NATO nuclear policy under pressure
• Towards Space Security

Edition 9, 25 February 2009

British News

• Senior Military Figures call for a rethink on Trident
• General Jack Sheehan on the UK and disarmament
• International law experts question legality of Trident renewal
• Things that go bump in the night: Trident and Triomphant Accident
• David Miliband launches Lifting the Nuclear Shadow
• Government suppresses documents on Trident "unacceptable damage"
• US-UK Nuclear Co-operation under the spotlight
• Hutton promises more submarines for Barrow...
• ... as BAE Systems reveals record profits
• Aldermaston Women's Peace Camp Legal Victory
• AWE now controlled by US companies

International News

• International calls for Nuclear Disarmament gather momentum
• Weapons Cuts or Modernisation? a dilema for the Obama administration
• Taking aim at Missile Defence
• Collision of US and Russian satellites prompts concerns about space security

Edition 8, 15 December 2008

US Election and Disarmament Initiatives

• US Election and Nuclear Policy
• Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiatives

News from the UK

• Trident Costs and Risks
• Nuclear Safety
• Nuclear Industry
• UK Political Parties
• Scottish Opposition to Trident
• Anti-Nuclear Protests Continue
• Nuclear withdrawals from Lakenheath

International News

• Missile Defence
• Russia's Nuclear Programme
• Space and Cyberspace
• India, Pakistan tensions increase
• Miliaband statement on Iran's Nuclear Programme

Edition 7, 12 June 2008

• Trident and Disarmament
• Trident Costs
• Trident Safety Problems
• UK Nuclear Infrastructure
• Scottish Opposition to Trident intensifies
• CND 50th anniversary protests
• Anti-Nuclear Protests Continue
• International Disarmament Initiatives, Op-eds and Analysis
• New Nuclear Weapons Developments
• US Election
• NATO and Socchi Summits
• Missile Defence and the Weaponisation of Space

Edition 6, December 21, 2007

• Defence Budget cuts as Trident goes ahead
• Trident boosts arms industry profits
• Question marks over UK Nuclear Safety
• Liberal Democrat debate on Trident intensifies
• Scottish Opposition to Trident continues
• Protests continue against Trident
• Foreign Affairs Committee criticises Government's handling of Missile Defence
• Missile Defence sours relations with Russia
• Russia suspends implementation of the CFE Treaty
• Iran nuclear developments
• Other International News

Edition 5, November 5, 2007

• Scottish Summit on Trident
• Scottish Government request for NPT Observer Status
• Trident legality challenged
• Faslane 365 and beyond
• Liberal Democrat leadership candidates on Defence
• Safety 'shortfalls' at AWE Burghfield
• Other UK Trident stories
• US Nuclear Weapon Developments
• Missile Defence and Relations with Russia

Edition 4, September 10, 2007

• Salmond calls Trident Summit
• Trident and the UK Nuclear Programme
• US Nuclear Programme
• Missile Defence and NATO-Russia Relations
• Campaigning steps up at Faslane
• Hiroshima and Nagasaki anniversaries
• Remembering Lord Garden

Edition 3, July 9, 2007

UK News

• Gordon Brown's New Cabinet and Washington's Reaction
• Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett signals new focus on disarmament
• Scottish Parliament votes against Trident
• New Navy Aircraft Carriers could be based at Faslane
• AWE opens its doors to the media for the day
• Demonstrations continue at Aldermaston and Faslane

International

• US reduces Nuclear Weapons based in Germany
• Nuclear weapons funding progresses through the US Senate
• STRATFOR on US missile defence plans
• Russian Ballistic Missile Test
• First images of Chinese nuclear submarine
• Inching towards fissile material talks

Edition 2, June 12, 2007

UK News

• Trident cuts - submarines are "just about seaworthy"
• Prime Minister in waiting Gordon Brown on Trident
• Demonstrations at Faslane: actor Roger Lloyd Pack arrested
• Seven Astute class submarines "needed" for Britain's industrial base

International

• Russia - US dispute over missile defence bases in Eastern Europe
• Non-Proliferation, but no disarmament at the G8 Summit
• US House Appropriations Committee cuts funds for the Reliable Replacement Warhead

Edition 1, May 10, 2007

• Controversy over Faslane base in the Scottish elections
• Demonstrations continue against the UK's decision to renew Trident
• Latest news from the arms companies
• NATO, Russia clash over missile defence and the CFE treaty
• House Armed Services Committee votes to review US nuclear posture
• Experts say Bush hasn't made case for new generation of nuclear weapons

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