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Ditching Trident ‘would save UK £84bn’

Michael Settle of Herald Scotland writes about the second BASIC Trident Commission report written by Professor Keith Hartley, and the impact it will have on the country's economy, particularly in Scotland.

Nuclear weapons conference could bring Iran and Israel together

Diplomatic Editor of The Guardian, Julian Borger, wrote the following article on the planned 2012 Conference on a WMD-free zone in the Middle East and what it could bring to the region. Mr. Borger quotes Paul Ingram, who said: “When you start a process like this, with clear objectives, it is amazing how it evolves. The process itself builds confidence and improves the atmosphere. Also, ordinary Israelis now recognise that a zone free of nuclear weapons is preferable to a region with two or more weapons states.”