Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Of Nuke States, Outliers and Global Security By Jayantha Dhanapala* IDN-InDepth NewsEssay WASHINGTON D.C. (IDN) – One definition of an outlier, in the original field of statistics from where the term has come, is "one that appears to deviate markedly from other members of the sample in [...]
U.S.: Military Attack on Iran Recedes, but Tensions Remain High
June 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – The likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations seems miniscule during the remaining months of the Barack Obama administration’s first term. The U.S. is focused on domestic economic problems, winding down wars in Iraq, [...]
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 [...]
Israel, Iran Targeted at Nuke Non-Proliferation Meet
May 3, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 3 (IPS) – A month-long Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) began Monday with a predictable target: Israel. As the only Middle Eastern country armed with nuclear weapons, Israel has been treated as a political sacred cow, one whose weapons programmes have [...]
Practical Moves to Reset the NPT Bargain
April 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN Practical Moves to Reset the NPT Bargain By Jayantha Dhanapala* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint WASHINGTON DC (IDN) – The quinquennial ritual of preparing for the Review Conference of the states parties of the Treaty for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will reach its climax (or anticlimax) from May 3-27 in [...]
Q&A: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime Has Triple Standards
April 30, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Thalif Deen interviews JOHN BURROUGHS of the Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy UNITED NATIONS, Apr 29 (IPS) – The abolition of nuclear weapons – and a halt to the spread of the deadly armaments – will be a major talking point at the month-long Review Conference on the Nuclear [...]
Redefine Japan-U.S. Alliance for Global Denuclearization
April 14, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN By Masayoshi Hamada* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint TOKYO (IDN) – Japan is serving in the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council in April, ahead of the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons scheduled for May 2010. Amidst growing momentum toward a world [...]
MIDDLE EAST: US, Russia To Iran ‘Send Your Uranium To Turkey, Otherwise . . .’
November 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY FAREED MAHDY* IDN-InDepthNews Service ISTANBUL (IDN) – No wonder that Middle East events always run at high speed, being as it is the most conflictive region on Earth — in just few days, a “Turkish” solution to Iranian nuclear stand has appeared on the horizon. U.S. and Russia [...]
POLITICS: Iran Began Preparing for U.S. Bombing in 2002
November 17, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (IPS) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building ”contingency centres” in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at Qom. But the [...]
Dangerous Nuclear Game in the Middle East
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Fareed Mahdy IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis ISTANBUL (IDN) – The Middle East panorama is now gloomier. The six-decade long conflict has been further aggravated by a dangerous nuclear game. Israel continues to refuse joining the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The U.S. clogs all attempts to declare the Middle East an [...]