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October 12, 2012
US urging Russia to discuss nuclear disarmament
Jamaica Observer
AFP
The United States urged a reluctant Russia yesterday to engage in talks to extend a programme that has helped disarm thousands of ex-Soviet nuclear warheads and missiles. Russian officials said this week that they had notified Washington that the Nunn-Lugar programme, due to expire in May 2013, would not be extended, in the latest challenge to a vaunted "reset" of US relations with the Kremlin.
October 11, 2012
Global powers launch new push to end Iran nuclear crisis
The Guardian
By Julian Borger
Six global powers will launch a diplomatic drive after the US elections aimed at defusing the Iranian nuclear crisis in the next few months and avoiding the eruption of a new Middle East conflict next year. A "reformulated" proposal will offer limited relief from existing sanctions and other incentives for Iran to limit the level of enrichment of its uranium stockpile.
October 11, 2012
Private Security - How companies meddle in cyberwar
Foreign Policy
By Tim Maurer
On October 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta gave a speech on cyber threats -- "an issue at the very nexus of business and national security," he said. "Ultimately, no one has a greater interest in cybersecurity than the businesses that depend on a safe, secure, and resilient global digital infrastructure." He's right: Businesses are interested and engaged -- but some in a different way he meant.
October 11, 2012
U.S. says nuclear disarmament deal with Russia not dead yet
The Raw Story
AFP
The United States urged a reluctant Russia on Thursday to engage in talks to extend a program that has helped disarm thousands of ex-Soviet nuclear warheads and missiles. Russian officials said this week that they had notified Washington that the Nunn-Lugar program, due to expire in May 2013, would not be extended, in the latest challenge to a vaunted “reset” of US relations with the Kremlin.
October 11, 2012
Expert Gives Insight on ‘Global Nuclear Futures’
The Minaret
By Pranav Lokin
Former University of Tampa professor Maria Rost Rublee returned to the university with her presentation, “The U.S. Presidential Elections: Israel, Iran & Global Nuclear Futures.” The presentation was a part of the Honors Symposia series.
October 11, 2012
Diplomats trade barbs over nuclear issues
UPI
A U.S. envoy on arms control said a ban on fissile material was necessary for nuclear disarmament, though critics said the demands were lopsided. Officials met at U.N. headquarters to address a committee on disarmament and international security. U.S. Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller said Washington was working with other nuclear-power states on a comprehensive ban on fissile material.
October 11, 2012
Russia says it won't renew US disarmament agreement
Global Post
By Allison Jackson
Russia said today it would not automatically renew a 20-year disarmament agreement with the United States when it expires next year, the Washington Post reported. The 1992 Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, which was initiated by US Senators Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar, was set up to help Russia and former Soviet republics dismantle nuclear and chemical weapons after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.
October 10, 2012
Russia says no to US-funded disarmament effort
Examiner
Russia said Wednesday (October 10) it had no intention to automatically extend a 20-year old deal with the United States helping secure the nation's nuclear stockpiles, a move that comes amid a growing isolationist streak in Kremlin policy.
October 10, 2012
India’s Disarmament Myths and Political Realities
DefPro
India’s romance with nuclear disarmament has been a long one. The fact that Pandit Nehru was an avid champion of a world free of nuclear weapons injected nuclear disarmament into the very DNA of the Indian state. Even when India faced grave security threats, it saw, even though after 1964 in an increasingly rhetorical sense, an escape from the anarchic pressures of international politics in the high ideal of nuclear disarmament.
October 10, 2012
Hillary Clinton thanked Kazakhstan for working with IAEA
Tengri News
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised Kazakhstan's role as a global leader and Washington's strategic partner in non-proliferation, disarmament and security, Tengrinews.kz reports citing Silk Way news website. "We view Kazakhstan not only as a regional player, but also as a global leader. Few countries can be compared to Kazakhstan in terms of its experience in non-proliferation," Clinton said after her talks with Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov on October 3.
October 9, 2012
U.N. Disarmament Committee Begins New Session
Global Security Newswire
The U.N. First Committee began its latest session of consideration of disarmament and international security matters. The United Nations panel handles issues related to "disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community and seeks out solutions to the challenges in the international security regime," according to the U.N. website.
October 9, 2012
NAM expresses support for global nuclear disarmament
Press TV
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has highlighted the need for global nuclear disarmament, endorsing the rights of each state to develop peaceful nuclear energy.
October 8, 2012
NAM calls for total nuclear disarmament
Tehran Times
In a statement read out at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on October 8, Iran and other members of the Non-Aligned Movement called for total nuclear disarmament in the world. The statement was read out by the Iranian ambassador to the UN, Mohammad Khazaee, on behalf of the NAM member states, during a meeting of the First Committee on all disarmament and international security agenda items
October 6, 2012
The Slow Pace of Nuclear Disarmament
ABQ Journal
By John Fleck
Much of the current political/policy debate over funding for the US nuclear weapons program (and therefore Sandia and Los Alamos labs here in New Mexico) involves the commitments the Obama administration to fund nuclear modernization as part of the tradeoff for Senate approval of the New START arms control deal with the Russians.
October 5, 2012
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Fellowship Programme to enhance young diplomats' expertise
UNODA
Young diplomats from the following 25 Member States are participating in the 2012 Programme: Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Liberia, Lithuania, Nepal, Niger, Peru, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand and Zimbabwe.
