The storming of the British Embassy in Tehran on Tuesday, and the subsequent diplomatic fallout, marks a serious deterioration in the ongoing standoff between Iran and the West and seems sure to set back further diplomatic efforts to address Iran’s nuclear program.
Rethinking Nuclear Weapons
This Week: Reykjavik 25 years
It was cold, wet and windy but it was uniquely exhilarating. The Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Reykjavik, which I covered 25 years ago as a reporter, produced 24 hours of adrenalin-fuelled highs and lows as the Soviet and US leaders raised hopes of a historic agreement on a nuclear weapons free world only to spectacularly dash them.
Apocalypse Never
If you have a nuclear addiction, Doctor Tad Daley has the cure. In his book “Apocalypse Never: Forging the Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World,” Daley explains the risks from the most dangerous weapons known to man, describes a nightmare scenario of escalating nuclear non-proliferation, and sets out the steps for their abolition. Why? Because, he argues, nuclear weapons are not needed in the modern world.
Event summary: Visions for a New Century – Launch of new public conversation on nuclear disarmament
Brian Eno, rock musician and artist, invited an eclectic collection of fellow musicians, artists, business people, senior politicians, officials, philanthropists, actors and writers to his London studio on the evening of February 1st to broaden support for nuclear disarmament.
Event on nuclear weapons, security, and moral leadership
Speakers including Sergio Duarte, Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Jonathan Granoff, Jonathan Schell, Naila Bolus, Douglas Roche, and Emilie Townes will contribute to a Yale Divinity School conference on Nuclear Weapons, Security, and Moral Leadership.
Title: Are we safe yet? Vulnerability and security in an anxious age
Date: September 18-19, 2008
Place: Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut
India and the nuclear deal
The Indo–US agreement has been criticized for creating a hole in the Non-Proliferation Treaty and complicating punishment against potential NPT violators, but its supporters claim it brings India into the broader non-proliferation regime.
Sarkozy and French nuclear deterrence
France has presented a disarmament plan focused on reduced missile numbers, a fissile material cut-off, a test ban and greater transparency.
Possible savings from paring down the arsenal
Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (Arizona) recently made a speech at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and said: We should work to reduce nuclear arsenals all around the world, starting with our own,
adding: We do not need all the weapons currently in our arsenal.