Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Kester Kenn Klomegah MOSCOW, Mar 5, 2011 (IPS) – Although the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) with the United States is considered a top priority for the Medvedev administration, experts are debating whether such an agreement could threaten to reduce Russian military [...]
New Vienna Organisation to Spur Disarmament
March 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN/VIENNA (IDN) – The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation is a new feather in the cap for Austria, which served as a bridge between East and West under the leadership of Chancellor Bruno Kreisky in the 1970s, and was the venue [...]
‘Abolish Nukes in the Middle East and Beyond’
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsReport BERLIN/TOKYO (IDN) – As ‘people power’ topples one Arab regime after another, confronting the international community with an unprecedented volatile situation, an eminent Buddhist leader is urging the world’s major powers not to lose sight of the compelling need to bring about [...]
Moving Away From the Nuclear Button
February 19, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON D.C. (IDN) – Russia and the U.S. are expected to exchange information about their nuclear weapons stockpiles on March 22, 2011 as required under the provisions of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). They last exchanged corresponding information in July 2009, [...]
Wary Coexistence in a Nuclear Neighbourhood
December 1, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Wary Coexistence in a Nuclear Neighbourhood North Korean Nuclear Weapons | Credit: Times of Malta By Ernest Corea IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – Anxiety that tensions in and around the Yellow Sea could develop in fairly short order into another Korean War has quietly receded, even [...]
Nobel Laureates Plead for International Law to Abolish Nukes
November 16, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis BERLIN (IDN) – The Nobel Peace Laureates’ call on China, the United States, Egypt, Iran, Israel and Indonesia to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) without delay could not have emerged from a more appropriate venue and come at a more [...]
US-IRAN: Netanyahu Pounds War Drums
November 9, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Nov 8, 2010 (IPS) – Less than a week after Republicans made major gains in the U.S. midterm elections, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on President Barack Obama to "create a credible threat of military action" against Iran. Initial official reaction was [...]
World Closer To Enforcing Treaty Outlawing Nuclear Explosions
November 8, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Interview of Tibor Tóth, CTBTO Executive Secretary IDN-InDepth NewsSpecial BERLIN/VIENNA (IDN) – Almost 190 countries around the world have reaffirmed the critical importance of enforcing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1996. The treaty outlaws all atomic explosions in all environments, [...]
UK Scientists Plead for Axing Nuke Research
October 15, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LONDON (IDN) – British scientists are calling for axe to fall on nuclear weapons research. In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, 36 science professors plead for protecting core scientific research on compelling issues such as climate change and resource shortages by [...]
OBAMA’S VISIT TO INDIA: HOW TO GET ROUND SPEED-BREAKERS
October 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy B.RAMAN President Barack Obama will be visiting India in November. During his stay , apart from holding talks with Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh and other Indian leaders, he is expected to address a joint session of the Indian Parliament and possibly visit Mumbai. This would be the sixth visit by [...]
