Nuclear weapons states must respond to security demands before non-nuclear weapons states will agree to additional non-proliferation obligations under the NPT.
France
Treading Water in 2010: The Nuclear Weapon States and Nuclear Disarmament
Country by country review of nuclear weapons states’ arsenals and their positions before the NPT Review Conference
Peeling the Onion: Towards a Middle East nuclear weapons free zone
Israel should realize that attending an international conference with its neighbors is in its own security interests
Mind the Gap: Healing the NATO Rift over US Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe
NATO’s Strategic Concept review needs to preserve alliance cohesion, but the leaders of central and eastern Europe must show constructive leadership
Iran update: number 138
Summary
- Iran rejects uranium export offer; IAEA Chief hopeful that Iran will eventually agree to arrangement
- World powers meet to discuss next steps
- Iran and Israel Appear at Multilateral Talks; Israeli PM Tentatively Supports IAEA Plan
- IAEA inspectors visit Fordo
- Questions persist around the quality of Iran's enriched uranium
- Iran launches military exercise that includes defending nuclear facilities
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.
Open letter to the UK Government: New thinking required over Iran’s nuclear programme
“Sir John Thomson has been promoting the idea of converting Iran's enrichment facility into a sophisticated multinational operation. He deals in this letter with the two
France and Getting to Zero
On March 21, speaking at Cherbourg with the new French atomic submarine, Le Terrible, as a backdrop, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a reduction in the number of nuclear warheads in France’s arsenal to fewer than 300, half the maximum that France possessed during the Cold War.