Nonproliferation Update

Non-nuclear states lobby big powers to disarm faster Chicago Tribune VIENNA (Reuters) - Non-nuclear states are urging nuclear-armed nations to disarm faster, while nuclear powers say they are making "unprecedented progress" in doing so, a divide on display at this week's meeting to discuss the Non-Proliferation Treaty ...

North Korea's Performance Anxiety New York Times “It must be incredibly stressful,” noted Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. He called it “performance anxiety.” Analysts say that a flustered North Korea might now be ... ee all stories on this topic »

Messianic and then some Haaretz An attack would give the Iranians a golden opportunity to walk out of the nonproliferation treaty, to be free of restrictions and inspection, and to declare that since they have been attacked by a nuclear power, they have the right to have a bomb of ... Haaretz

All nuclear weapons must go Business Recorder The first of the three meetings of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) which is to do the spadework for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference has been in progress in Vienna. It provides an opportunity to non-nuclear states ... ee all stories on this topic »

IPPNW at the NPT PrepCom: Risks and consequences of nuclear weapons and ... Democratic Underground The first Preparatory Committee session (PrepCom) for the 2105 Review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty is midway through its first week in Vienna. IPPNW and the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) are among 60 NGOs participating in ...

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