Nuclear nightmare: reckless leaders are pushing the world back to the brink
Simon Tisdall
It’s not just Putin or the refusal of the main powers to disarm. Irresponsible regimes in Israel and North Korea are also raising global nuclear tensions
Scheme allowing nuclear materials in Australian submarines worries experts about precedent of safeguard removal
What is the Aukus submarine deal and what does it mean? – the key facts
The four-phase plan has made nuclear arms control experts nervous … here’s why
March 2021
Trident nuclear warhead numbers set to increase for first time since cold war
Defence and foreign policy review expected to signal rise, in move analysts say is diplomatically provocative
July 2018
'I shouldn’t have wasted my effort,' says man turfed out of Trump summit
Sam Husseini says he was held in ‘dungeon’ after trying to engage US leader on policies
April 2018
Iran threatens to withdraw from nuclear weapons treaty
Tehran warns US of possible repercussions should Donald Trump tear up 2015 nuclear deal
March 2018
Israel confirms it carried out 2007 airstrike on Syrian nuclear reactor
Intelligence minister says attack is a ‘clear message’ to Iran it won’t allow its enemies to acquire nuclear weapons
September 2017
We must ramp up protest if we are to avoid nuclear war
Why a return to diplomacy over North Korea has few takers
March 2017
Nuclear states are in breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Letters: Almost 50 years on from the NPT, a new approach to disarmament is long overdue
January 2017
Trident misfire spotlights the danger of fat fingers on nuclear buttons
Letters: With 15,000 nuclear warheads in the world, most held by the US and Russia, and many on hair-trigger alert, it is remarkable that none has yet resulted in an actual detonation
February 2016
Labour and the ‘empty swank’ of keeping Trident
Letters: British security against nuclear attack, like that of all the non-nuclear (and non-assaulted) countries in Europe, rests upon advanced US weapons
September 2015
North Korea network
How to stop worrying and embrace a nuclear North Korea
Morgan Potts
As Pyongyang says it is ready to use atomic weapons, here are seven ways to calm world panic and engage with Kim Jong-un
July 2015
Iran's foreign minister calls for world's nuclear weapons states to disarm
Mohammad Javad Zarif calls for talks on arms elimination treaty and for creation of zone free from weapons of mass destruction in Middle East
June 2015
Defence and security blog
Nuclear disarmament? Forget it.
More than 100 countries snubbed by nuclear powers UK defence budget - nuclear v conventional
May 2015
Now is the time to eliminate all nuclear weapons
Letters: A diplomatic process to prohibit the use, possession, production and transfer of nuclear weapons needs to commence urgently and should proceed even if the nine countries that already possess nuclear weapons are not yet ready to join
April 2015
Any analysis of Russia has to consider the effect of Nato expansion
Letters: Those of us present who lived in Russia in the 1990s saw a picture of the past rather than the future
November 2014
Stop making ‘excessive demands’ of Iran in nuclear talks, Rouhani tells US
Iranian president says Tehran has made ‘utmost efforts’ and ‘adjustments to its demands’ as deadline for nuclear pact nears
April 2014
Marshall Islands sues nine nuclear powers over failure to disarm
Pacific nation that was site of 67 nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958 accuses states of 'flagrant denial of human justice'
January 2014
The truth about Israel's secret nuclear arsenal
Israel has been stealing nuclear secrets and covertly making bombs since the 1950s. And western governments, including Britain and the US, turn a blind eye. But how can we expect Iran to curb its nuclear ambitions if the Israelis won't come clean?
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