The Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) opens in Vienna today, with arguments for humanitarian disarmament growing in strength. This time the UK and the US will attend. What will be the likely outcome? by Rebecca...
Nuclear Weapons
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UK nuclear bomb factories rapped by watchdogs over radioactive waste
Atomic Weapons Establishment issued with non-compliance notice by Environment Agency over handling of hazardous waste by Rob Edwards via The Guardian Britain’s nuclear bomb factories have been reprimanded by two government watchdogs for breaking safety rules on...
The Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons: an Imperative for Achieving Disarmament
by Rebecca Johnson Irish Studies in International Affairs Vol. 25 (2014), pp. 59-72 Published by: Royal Irish Academy Page1/14 Buy the book here.
The Necessity to Reduce and Eliminate Nuclear Threats and Weapons in the Middle East and Internationally
Water, Energy and the Arab Awakening by the Interaction Council Chapter 16 by Rebecca Johnson [embeddoc url="https://new.acronym.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/IAC-book-chapter-by-REJohnson2014.pdf" download="all"]Â
Preventable Threats: The Humanitarian Risks of Nuclear Weapons: UK Risks & Challenges
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Humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons – an imperative for achieving disarmament
Rebecca Johnson's chapter on "The humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons -- an imperative for achieving disarmament" was published in the journal of Irish Studies in International Affairs, volume 25, edited by John Doyle and published by the Royal Irish Academy,...
Banning nuclear weapons and unchaining from nuclear dependence
Rebecca Johnson's chapter on "Banning Nuclear Weapons: necessary and achievable (in our lifetimes) in World in Chains, edited by Angie Zelter, published by Luath Press, Edinburgh 2014. This book analyses the range of military, economic and political dependencies that...
Written Evidence for the House of Commons Defence Select Committee On Deterrence and the changing role and requirements for security
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Security without Nuclear Weapons: The Regional-International Nexus
A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction, Palestine-Israel Journal, vol. 19, no. 12 (Jerusalem, 2013)Putting human security needs ahead of national military concerns opens up options, opportunities and processes for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons....
Arms Control and Diplomatic Diplomacy
The Oxford Handbook of Modern Diplomacy edited by Andrew F. Cooper, Jorge Heine and Ramesh Thakur (Oxford University Press, 2013 Chapter 32 (available in pdf here) Arms Control and Disarmament Diplomacy Rebecca Johnson Strategic relations dramatically transformed in...