This section provides a general overview of nuclear related issues. The following articles are obtained from external news sources for whose content SGI takes no responsibility.

May 7, 2010
Will Mideast Tug-Of-War Wreck Anti-Nuke Meet? TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - When the last review conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) ended inconclusively - after four long weeks of protracted negotiations - the meeting was described as having accomplished "very little" with no substantive agreement...

May 7, 2010
Some Activists Losing Faith in Obama Nuclear Weapons Agenda Global Security Newswire
By Elaine M. Grossman
UNITED NATIONS -- A number of leading peace activists this week said they were losing faith in U.S. President Barack Obama's commitment to working toward nuclear disarmament, and are questioning whether he would match his soaring rhetoric with practical steps...

May 6, 2010
U.S., other big powers to refrain from atomic tests Reuters
By Louis Charbonneau
(Reuters) - The five official nuclear powers said on Wednesday they will continue to refrain from conducting any atomic tests and called for all nations to ratify a treaty banning all nuclear explosions...

May 5, 2010
Nuke Survivors Share Stories with Local Students BushwickBK.com
By Diego Cupolo
On Aug. 6, 1945 Hiroshima, Japan became the first city to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon, instantly killing up to 80,000 people...

April 29, 2010
Is Nuclear Deterrence Obsolete? The New York Review of Books
By Jeremy Bernstein
In the recent foreign policy debate among the three candidates in next week’s general election in Great Britain-the incumbent Gordon Brown (Labour) against David Cameron (Conservative) and Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrat)-it is generally conceded that Clegg won...

April 29, 2010
Egypt Escalates 'War on Nuclear Weapons' TOWARD A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
By Fareed Mahdy
ISTANBUL (IDN) - Strongly backed by Arab countries and Turkey, Egypt has escalated its intensive diplomatic offensive for freeing the Middle East of all kinds of weapons of mass destruction, starting with nuclear arms...

April 28, 2010
Ban outlines hopes for disarmament ahead of global review meeting at UN UN News Centre
28 April 2010 - The Earth’s very future leaves no alternative but to pursue nuclear disarmament, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today as he emphasized that the United Nations is destined to lead global efforts on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation...

April 27, 2010
The Ties That Bind Are Not Always Best The Huffington Post
By Emma Belcher
The critics who were quick to condemn this month's Nuclear Security Summit communiqué because it is not a legally-binding agreement don't realize that time is not on our side...

April 23, 2010
Hibakusha: Nurturing the next generation in bid for complete abolition of nuclear weapons The Mainichi Daily News
There is one wish that 84-year-old Hideo Tsuchiyama -- a member of the drafting committee for the Nagasaki Peace Declaration that is read by the Nagasaki mayor every year -- thinks about daily: to nurture the next generation of young people...

April 22, 2010
Poll Shows Most Want Senate To Ratify Nuclear Disarmament Treaty RTTNews
By RTT Staff Writer
A new QuinnipiacA new Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday showed that most Americans believe the Senate should ratify the nuclear disarmament treaty President Barack Obama recently signed with Russia...

April 20, 2010
Nuclear Follies The Huffington Post
By John Feffer
If the Russian army makes the bold decision to invade Germany, we can just nuke those damn communist soldiers into oblivion with the 200 tactical nuclear weapons we deploy in Europe...

April 19, 2010
Hibakusha: A-bomb survivors ready to descend on New York with hope for abolition of nukes The Mainichi Daily News
In May, people from around the globe who hope to realize "a world without nuclear weapons" will descend on New York, where a review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is set to take place...

April, 2010
MPI Recommendations to the 2010 NPT Review Conference Middle Powers Initiative
THE MIDDLE POWERS INITIATIVE, BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE ATLANTA CONSULTATION III AND THE SERIES OF ARTICLE VI FORUMS, RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING POLICY OPTIONS TO THE 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE:

April 15, 2010
Challenges Ahead for Security after the Nuke Summit IDN InDepthNews
By Ernest Corea
WASHINGTON DC (IDN) - The Nuclear Security Summit convened by President Barack Obama attracted 47 high-level participants – over 30 of them heads of state or government – who collectively agreed on several small but important steps on the path towards global safety from a “rogue” nuclear attack. This could be mounted by “non-state” sources or by a state that does not observe the rules...

April 15, 2010
Is the U.S. Going Soft on Israeli, Indian & Pakistani Nukes? Inter Press Service
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 15, 2010 (IPS) - When a much-ballyhooed two-day nuclear security summit ended in Washington early this week, there were several lingering questions that remained unanswered - even by the host of the high-powered 47-nation gathering, U.S President Barack Obama...