This history offers a chronological account of the WE 177 from 1959 through to the decision to provide a third variant of the design for the RAF in the 1970s, and then onto the late 1970s.
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INF Treaty Withdrawal and the U.S. – Europe alliance
This article is reposted with kind permission from the Outrider Foundation who commissioned this piece.…
APPG meeting: Making Progress towards nuclear disarmament
On 13 February, the APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation held a meeting to discuss the current climate for disarmament and the upcoming NPT review conference in 2020.
Report: Common but Differentiated Nuclear Responsibilities – Perspectives from Tokyo
This report proposes that states have ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ around nuclear weapons and is developed from a one-day roundtable to introduce the Japanese nuclear policy community to the ‘nuclear responsibilities’ framing.
Conflict in Kashmir — Responsibilities and the Fallacy of Escalation of Control
Hailed by India as a successful demonstration of Indian resolve, India’s “non-military pre-emptive strike” against…
The United Kingdom’s Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Diplomacy
On 21 January, the APPG on Global Security and Non-Proliferation held a meeting to discuss the UK’s approach to global non-proliferation and disarmament diplomacy.
How can we move forward after the US withdrawal from the Iran deal?
The adoption of the JCPoA signalled Iranian willingness to cooperate with western nations. However, in May 2018, President Donald Trump fulfilled a campaign promise and pulled the US out of the deal, reinstating sanctions on Iran and threatening foreign entities with secondary sanctions.
Washington’s Northeast Asian nuclear umbrella and Sino-American strategic relations
The American nuclear umbrella, though focused on the DPRK, also positions Washington against one of its major great power rivals. As the US Naval War College’s Terrence Roehrig has argued, the US nuclear umbrella concurrently deters China to an extent.