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NPT review conference

March 2017

  • A Trident missile being launched by the US Navy in 1989

    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

July 2015

  • FILE--An allied correspondent stands in a sea of rubble before the shell of a building that once was a movie theater in Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb instantly destroyed almost all of the houses and buildings in Hiroshima.

    Defence and security blog
    70 years after Hiroshima, nuclear weapons threaten us all

    Nuclear weapons are an austerity-free zone

May 2015

  • United Nations Security Council meeting

    Now is the time to eliminate all nuclear weapons

  • Test firing of a Trident missile.

    Defence and security blog
    No matter the election result, Trident is here to stay

October 2014

  • The Aldermaston site of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, which is responsible for the design, manufacture and support of warheads the UK's nuclear weapons.

    Defence and security blog
    Nuclear weapons deal with US renewed in secret, UK confirms

    • UK tables amendments to Mutual Defence Agreement
    • Proper scrutiny and Commons debate needed

May 2013

  • Julian Borger's global security blog
    Nuclear talks overshadowed by Egyptian walkout

    Cairo's protest at Geneva non-proliferation talks dominated NPT meeting and angered other Arab states

June 2010

  • Britain must take steps to reduce its nuclear weapons

    Letters: The government must now ensure that the forthcoming strategic defence and security review includes the Trident weapons system and considers the non-nuclear option

May 2010

  • Members of the air force listen to prayers in Tehran

    Nuclear arms treaty agreed with hope for deal on Middle East

  • Ban nuclear tests in Middle East

    Pierre Goldschmidt and Nima Gerami
  • Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

    Julian Borger's global security blog
    A responsible nuclear power?

  • It's time to rid the world of nuclear weapons

    Desmond Tutu
  • Julian Borger's global security blog
    Iran sanctions snarl global nuclear talks

  • Julian Borger's global security blog
    Half-time at the NPT

  • Julian Borger's global security blog
    Coming clean on nuclear weapons

  • Indonesian speech at UN nuclear non-proliferation talks

  • Brazilian speech at UN nuclear non-proliferation talks

  • Iranian speech at UN nuclear non-proliferation talks

  • US shows its nuclear hand in bid to show sincerity on arms

April 2010

  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Robert Mugabe

    Iran's Africa foray no cause for panic

    Blessing-Miles Tendi
  • Open letter
    Nuclear progress, but dangers ahead

    Open letter
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