In the run up to the NPT Review Conference (3-28 May), there have been a number of critical developments. Russia and the United States have signed the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Obama Administration just released its Nuclear Posture Review, and Washington is about to host one of its largest summits ever, on nuclear security.
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Obama cuts US nuclear arsenal – but keeps sights trained on Iran
“Obviously it is to be welcomed that the US will not develop new nuclear warheads despite pressure from the weapons labs, and that President Obama has won the argument over his core policy of limiting the use of nuclear weapons.”
BASIC Program Director Anne Penketh quoted in The Independent on the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review.
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Mixed Reviews for Obama’s Nuclear Strategy
BASIC is referenced in this IPS News article on the release of the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review. The article surveys a range of reactions by security experts.
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http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=50936
Disarmament activist warns on new war
“The US military has a very established policy of bringing to the president all options they possibly can in a point of crisis.”
BASIC Executive Director Paul Ingram interviewed by RT News.
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http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-03-18/war-iran-weapons-mackinnon.html?fullstory
Iran Update: Number 141
Tensions increase between Tehran and the IAEA Fuel swap concept still in circulation Western governments…
Iran Update: Number 140
- Iran announces it will enrich uranium to higher level
- New concerns about Iran's intentions, capabilities
- IAEA Report continues to raise
Getting to Zero Update
Negotiations between Russia and the United States on the follow-on agreement to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) resumed in Geneva, but appeared to face continuing challenges over the issues of telemetry, delivery vehicles carrying conventional warheads, and missile defense. Read more below.
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.