INF was the start of the process of radically cutting back nuclear arsenals, which was continued with the 1991 and 2010 strategic arms reduction treaties and the agreements reducing tactical nuclear weapons. The scale of the process launched in 1987 is evidenced by the fact that, as Russia and the United States reported to the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in 2015, 80 percent of the nuclear weapons accumulated during the Cold War have been decommissioned and destroyed. ... The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, however, is now in jeopardy. I call upon Russia and the United States to prepare and hold a full-scale summit on the entire range of issues. It is far from normal that the presidents of major nuclear powers meet merely “on the margins” of international gatherings. I hope that the process of preparing a proper summit is in the works even now…
Archives for 2017
Nobel Peace Prize 2017: Ian Sinclair interviews Rebecca Starkey, ICAN
This year’s Nobel prize winners are changing the culture on nuclear weapons –
Changing the culture around nuclear weapons to seeing them as just another dangerous weapon of mass destruction,
10 Nov. 2017 Vatican Radio: Pope is calling for integral nuclear disarmament.
(Vatican Radio) The Vatican is calling for integral nuclear disarmament.
According to the preliminary conclusions
Vatican Radio: Pax Christi urges leaders to listen to Pope on nuclear disarmament
(Vatican Radio) A leading Catholic peace campaigner says she hopes that Pope Francis’s condemnation of
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on U.S.-North Korea Relations
The Carter Center (Atlanta/Georgia, USA) recently published a statement published 10 August 2017, a statement
Bulletin of atomic Scientists: How will South Korea and Japan respond to North Korea?
The "Bulletin of atomic Scientist" reports and comments on the situation around North Korea:
UN conference adopts treaty banning nuclear weapons (GlobalSecurity.org)
„Countries meeting at a United Nations conference in New York today adopted the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the first multilateral legally-binding instrument for nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated in 20 years...“
The Nation (USA): „The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests“ 
We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime
Putin-Trump Meeting Ends After Extending To More Than Two Hours (GlobalSecurity.org)
„U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up their talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, with the meeting extending to ...“
Statement from UK, US, France, on ban treaty (GlobalSecurity.org)
„France, the United Kingdom and the United States have not taken part in the negotiation of the treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons. We do not intend to sign, ratify or ever become party to it. Therefore, there will be no change...“
