Later this month, President Obama will visit Hiroshima. By Setsuko Thurlow and Dr Ira Helmand via CNN Seventy-one years after an atomic bomb leveled the city, it is no doubt progress that a sitting U.S. president, the commander of a nuclear arsenal that can destroy...
The Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) established late last year by the UNGA for ‘taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations’ recently concluded the second of its three 2016 sessions. Several aspects of its work warrant reflection as the dust...
Barack Obama is to visit Hiroshima this month - the first serving US president to travel to the Japanese city since it was hit by a US nuclear bomb in 1945. by BBC Asia The visit will be part of an Asian trip from 21-28 May that will also take in Vietnam. The...
Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war by John Thornhill via The Financial Times Imagine this futuristic scenario: a US-led coalition is closing in on Raqqa determined to eradicate Isis. The international forces...
CCW Report, Vol. 3, No.2 by Ray Acheson via Reaching Critical Will The third UN meeting on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) opened on Monday morning with a general discussion by states. Once again, the majority of delegates taking the floor agreed that...
When some of the world’s major nuclear powers meet in Washington DC next Friday, they will be shadowed by the rising terrorist attacks– largely in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. by Thalif Deen via Inter Press Service The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, which...
by Caroline Lucas, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood On Saturday we will put our party allegiances aside and march together for a Britain free from nuclear weapons. As elected politicians, our overwhelming priority is to protect the safety of the people we...
Campaigners highlight safety risks after defence minister admits there have been 23 such flights in the last five years by Rob Edwards via The Guardian Materials used in nuclear weapons have been flown between the UK and the US 23 times in the last five...