{"id":1995,"date":"2018-03-31T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/?p=1995"},"modified":"2022-02-11T20:11:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:11:24","slug":"beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/newsletter-beyond-nuclear-non-proliferation\/beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30ec\u30bf\u30fc\u300c\u6838\u4e0d\u62e1\u6563\u3092\u8d85\u3048\u3066\u300d2018\u5e743\u6708\u53f7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Dialogue and Diplomacy Essential To Prevent Nuclear Disaster<\/a>
By U.S. Civil Society Groups\"\"Following is a slightly abridged version of an open letter to the leaders of USA, South Korea and North Korea signed by more than 100 US civil society groups, released at the UN media briefing by Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director of\u00a0Western States Legal Foundation<\/a>\u00a0on 28 March 2018. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>As US civil society groups and individuals deeply concerned about dangerous military tensions between our nation and the DPRK, and the rising global risks of nuclear catastrophe, we wish to convey our deepest gratitude for the groundbreaking steps you have taken to begin the essential dialogue and diplomacy that must be undertaken if we are to prevent a war that would likely result in an unthinkable disaster for the Korean Peninsula, the United States and the world.
Read More<\/a>

Bolton’s Policy Opinions Would Worsen Proliferation Dangers<\/a>
By Daryl G. Kimball\"Photo:Daryl G. Kimball is Executive Director of the\u00a0Arms Control Association<\/a>. Following is the text of his statement on the choice of\u00a0John Bolton,<\/em>\u00a0former U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, as President Donald Trump’s\u00a0National Security Advisor.<\/em>WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN) \u2013 The United States already faces an array of complex and dangerous foreign policy challenges that require pragmatic decision and sober diplomatic engagement with American allies and foes alike.
Read More<\/a>

In 2018, Who Will Speak Up for Peace in the Korean Peninsula?<\/a>
Viewpoint by Rick Wayman\"Photo:Rick Wayman is Programs Director of the\u00a0Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF<\/a>). In April 2016, he received the ‘Activist of the Year’ award from the\u00a0Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)<\/a>\u00a0for “dynamic leadership in bringing the Marshall Islanders’ Nuclear Zero litigation to world attention, activating the next generation of peace leaders, and guiding ANA as board member and tech guru.” \u2013 The Editor<\/em>SANTA BARBARA, CA (IDN) – A possible summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un is just weeks away. Questions abound: Is it a good idea? When and where will it take place? What will they talk about? Who, if anyone, is preparing the U.S. president for this high-stakes meeting? Will it be a success?\u00a0[P 42]\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSON<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>PDF<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0MALAY<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PERSIAN\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0SPANISH<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0TURKISH |\u00a0<\/a>THAI<\/a>
Read More<\/a>

U.S. Undermining the Global Nuclear Testing Taboo<\/a>
By Ramesh Jaura\"Photo:BERLIN | GENEVA (IDN) \u2013 A new document that outlines U.S. nuclear policy, strategy, capabilities and force posture for the next five to ten years proclaims that the Trump Administration does not intend to ratify a global treaty banning nuclear weapons tests. Nor does it rule out resuming such tests.The document, titled\u00a02018 Nuclear Posture Review<\/a>\u00a0(NPR), proclaims that “the United States does not support the ratification of the CTBT.” But the U.S. will continue to support the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO<\/a>).\u00a0[P 41]\u00a0ARABIC<\/a>\uff5cBAHASA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0CHINESE TEXT VERSON<\/a><\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0HINDI<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSON<\/a><\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/a>
Read More<\/a>

Surprise Trump-Kim Summit by May with Global Repercussions<\/a>
Viewpoint by Jayantha Dhanapala*\"Photo:KANDY (IDN) \u2013 Donald Trump has always had the capacity to surprise us. Amidst the actions to fulfil his Presidential Campaign promise to “Make America Great Again” by slapping tariffs on friendly allies and having declared Jerusalem to be the capital of Israel, he has now signalled a dramatic volte-face on talks with Kim Jong-un of the Democratic Republic of Korea (DPRK) whom he had frequently taunted as the “little rocket man”.
Read More<\/a>

Action Needed to Ratify the 1996 Nuclear Test Ban Treaty<\/a>
Viewpoint by Dr Lassina Zerbo\"Photo:The author is\u00a0Executive Secretary of\u00a0CTBTO<\/a>, Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. The following is a slightly abridged and modified text of his address on 26 February to the High-level segment of the\u00a0Conference on Disarmament<\/a>, multilateral disarmament negotiating forum where the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in Geneva was negotiated in the 1990s. (Read the original text\u00a0here<\/a>.) Dr. Zerbo stressed that “we must take great care to preserve the integrity of the institutions and instruments we have and to build trust in them and around them. This means maintain and securing the NPT and its entire chain of responsibilities \u2013 of which the CTBT entry into force is an integral part”. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>
Read More<\/a>

UN, EU, Experts Hail Outcome of Inter-Korean Talks, Call For Availing of Peace Opportunities<\/a>
By Ramesh Jaura\"Photo:BERLIN (IDN) \u2013 The United Nations and the European Union as well as independent arms control experts have welcomed the results of latest talks between South and North Korea, and called for seizing the opportunities opening up for peace in the region and for reducing international tensions.The significance of emerging prospects is underlined by the fact that though the Korean War ended in 1953, in the absence of a peace treaty the two Koreas are technically still at war. As\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0notes, in the United States where coverage of the armed conflict was censored and its memory decades later is often overshadowed by World War II and the Vietnam War, the Korean War has been called “the Forgotten War”.
Read More<\/a>

Mixed Reactions To Inter-Korean Accord<\/a>
By Yonhap News Agency\"Photo:This report was carried by the South Korean news agency on March 6 (local time: 23.38) and is being reproduced to give a glimpse into how the current development on the Korean peninsula is viewed in the Republic of Korea. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>SEOUL (IDN-INPS) \u2013 South Korean political parties on March 6 demonstrated mixed reactions to the results of the high-stakes visit to North Korea by President Moon Jae-in’s special envoys, which included an agreement to hold a cross-border summit next month.
Read More<\/a>

Nuclear Deterrence Policy Gathering Steam in India<\/a>
By Sudha Ramachandran\"ImageBANGALORE (IDN) \u2013 “Though India is a reluctant nuclear power, nuclear deterrence will continue to play a crucial role in India’s national security strategy over the next few decades,” says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal, Distinguished Fellow at India’s Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA<\/a>).In his recent book\u00a0‘Sharpening the Arsenal: India’s Evolving Nuclear Deterrence Policy’<\/a><\/em>, he explains the reason: “Only when India’s adversaries are convinced that India has both the necessary political and military will and the hardware to respond to a nuclear strike with punitive retaliation that will inflict unacceptable loss of human life and unprecedented material damage, will they be deterred.”\u00a0[P 40]\u00a0ARABIC |\u00a0<\/a>BAHASA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a>GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0HINDI<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSON\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>PDF<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0MALAY<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0THAI<\/a>
Read More<\/a>

Kazakhstan Signs Ban Treaty After Security Council Debut<\/a>
By J Nastranis\"Photo:UNITED NATIONS (IDN) \u2013 Kazakhstan, known as an active and staunch supporter of a world free of nuclear weapons, became 57th country to sign the\u00a0Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>\u00a0on March 2.The Treaty, which opened for signature on September 20, 2017, will remain open indefinitely. It will enter into force 90 days after 50 nations have ratified or acceded to it. Until now, five states have ratified the Treaty: Guyana, Holy See and Thailand on September 20, 2017 immediately after signing. They were followed by Mexico on January 16 and Cuba on January 30.
Read More<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Published by<\/strong>
The Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group<\/a> with IDN as the Flagship Agency
33 Lafferty Street, Toronto, ONT M9C5B5, CANADA
Europaplatz 2, 8th Floor, 10557 Berlin, GERMANY
Ichimura bldg. 4F, 3-2 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 101-0052

as part of a Joint Media Project with the<\/strong>
Soka Gakkai International<\/a>
15-3 Samon-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0017, Japan
 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"SUPPORT<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dialogue and Diplomacy Essential To Prevent Nuclear DisasterBy U.S. Civil Society GroupsFollowing is a slightly abridged version of an open letter to the leaders of USA, South Korea and North Korea signed by more than 100 US civil society groups, released at the UN media briefing by Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director of\u00a0Western States Legal Foundation\u00a0on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newsletter-beyond-nuclear-non-proliferation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1995\/revisions\/2411"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}