Another milestone to Zero: UK Statesmen Call for a World without Nuclear Weapons

In a breakthrough op-ed in the Times newspaper, former long-serving UK Foreign and Defence Secretaries are endorsing the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Lord David Owen, Lord Douglas Hurd, and Lord George Robertson warn that the world is entering a dangerous new phase "that combines widespread proliferation with extremism and geopolitical tension...

India and the Nuclear Deal, Siddharth Ramana, BASIC, Getting to Zero Paper, No. 7, 18 August 2008. Also available as a pdf file.

Preventing a new age of nuclear insecurity? Analysis of William Hague's July Address to the IISS, Jamie Wheeler, BASIC, Getting to Zero Paper, No. 5, 29 July 2008. Also available as a pdf file.

Afghanistan Update, No. 39. Pakistani military launches new offensive against Islamist militants. India announces $450 million aid package for Afghanistan. Gates unveils plan to restructure US military command and enlarge Afghan National Army. British commanders say ISAF needs more troops, Czech military commitment increases. Hostages released in Afghanistan, IRC halts humanitarian operations after four aid workers killed. Osama bin-Laden's driver convicted in war crimes trial, 14 August 2008.

The US-India Agreement and its Impact on the Nonproliferation Regime, Philip Maxon, BASIC, Getting to Zero Paper, No. 6, 18 August 2008. Also available as a pdf file.

Iran Update, No. 123. Iran misses claimed deadline to respond to updated incentives package. Solana receives letter from Tehran, P5+1 reported to have deemed it an "unacceptable" response. Israeli officials urge harsh stance on Iran. Iran announces anti-ship missile test and more. 7 August 2008.

Getting to Zero Update, latest on getting to zero nuclear weapons, missile defence, including Barack Obama's speech on nuclear non-proliferation and the call for disarmament from the four statesmen in the UK, 24 July 2008.