{"id":2024,"date":"2018-10-31T02:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2022-02-11T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T10:30:18","slug":"beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80october-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/newsletter-beyond-nuclear-non-proliferation\/beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80october-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30ec\u30bf\u30fc\u300c\u6838\u4e0d\u62e1\u6563\u3092\u8d85\u3048\u3066\u300d2018\u5e7410\u6708\u53f7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1408:non-proliferation-and-nuclear-disarmament-go-hand-in-hand&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Go Hand in Hand<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/nakamitsu_hiroshima_uni.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Izumi Nakamitsu speaking at Hiroshima University on 'Challenges for Disarmament in 21 century' on August 6, 2018. Credit: UNODA\"><em>Following are extensive excerpts from remarks by Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\">UNODA<\/a>), at the Roundtable Discussion on the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/wmd\/nuclear\/npt\/\">NPT<\/a>) hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nonproliferation.org\/\">the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.int\/malaysia\/\">Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations<\/a>\u00a0on 25 October 2018. Ambassador Dato&#8217; Sri Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob of Malaysia has been appointed as Chair of the Third Preparatory Committee session of this NPT review cycle from April 29 to May 10, 2019 in New York. \u2013 The Editor<\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1408:non-proliferation-and-nuclear-disarmament-go-hand-in-hand&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1407:the-inf-treaty-looks-likely-to-be-a-dead-letter-by-april-2019&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">The INF Treaty Looks Likely to be a Dead Letter by April 2019<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Dan Smith<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/inf.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo: The U.S. Army launches a Pershing II battlefield support missile. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.\"><em>The following article by Dan Smith, Director of the\u00a0Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/\">SIPRI<\/a>), first appeared on October 23, 2018 on the Institute&#8217;s website.\u00a0He has a long record of research and publication on a wide range of conflict and peace issues. Smith served four years in the UN Peacebuilding Fund Advisory group, two of which (2010\u20132011) were as Chair. \u2013 The Editor<\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1407:the-inf-treaty-looks-likely-to-be-a-dead-letter-by-april-2019&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1406:experts-underline-the-gravity-of-a-potential-nuclear-conflict&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Experts Underline the Gravity of a Potential Nuclear Conflict<\/a><br>By Claire Ochroch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/perry_world_house_red.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Audrey Tirtaguna | The Daily Pennsylvanian\"><em>This report first appeared on October 25, 2018 in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2018\/10\/penn-peace-project-perry-world-house-international-affairs-association\">The Daily Pennsylvanian<\/a>.<\/em>NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Speakers from across the world stopped by Penn&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/global.upenn.edu\/perryworldhouse\">Perry World House<\/a>\u00a0on October 23 evening to discuss the importance of denuclearization.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1406:experts-underline-the-gravity-of-a-potential-nuclear-conflict&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1405:participation-in-landmark-nato-exercise-reveals-iceland-s-dilemma&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Participation in Landmark NATO Exercise Reveals Iceland&#8217;s Dilemma<\/a><br>By Lowana Veal<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/tridentjuncture.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: NATO \">REYKJAVIK (IDN) \u2013 Iceland, the most sparsely populated country in Europe, has no standing army. But it is a founding member of the 29-nation North Atlantic Treaty Organization (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/index.htm\">NATO<\/a>), and is therefore taking part in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/157833.htm\">Trident Juncture 2018<\/a>, the largest NATO exercise since the end of the Cold War in December 1991.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1405:participation-in-landmark-nato-exercise-reveals-iceland-s-dilemma&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1404:kazakh-initiated-forum-underlines-importance-of-nwfzs&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Kazakh Initiated Forum Underlines Importance of NWFZs<\/a><br>By Santo D. Banerjee<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image%20\/kazakh_yerzhan_ashikbayev.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Yerzhan Ashikbayev, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, chairing a side event at the Kazakh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Source: UNODA\">NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu has expressed her &#8220;gratitude&#8221; to the Kazakhstan for their continued partnership with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\">UNODA<\/a>), including through a series of Nuclear Discussion Forums (NDF), now in its eighth year.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1404:kazakh-initiated-forum-underlines-importance-of-nwfzs&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1403:full-potential-of-nuclear-weapon-free-zones-has-yet-to-be-recognised&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Full Potential of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones Has Yet to be Recognised<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/UNODA_Izumi_Nakamitsu.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). Credit: UNODA\"><em>The following are extensive excerpts from a statement by Izumi Nakamitsu, the UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\">UNODA<\/a>) at a side event on October 18, 2018, organized by the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations on Consolidating and Enhancing Cooperation among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Between the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/disarmament.un.org\/treaties\/t\/tlatelolco\">Treaty of Tlatelolco<\/a>, which was signed in in 1967, to the Central Asian Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, which entered into force in 2009, the world has experienced a growing adherence from States to nuclear weapon-free zones treaties.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1403:full-potential-of-nuclear-weapon-free-zones-has-yet-to-be-recognised&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1402:time-out-for-nukes&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Time Out for Nukes!<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Alice Slater<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/Gorbachev_and_Reagan_1985.jpg\" alt=\"The United States Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was high on Gorbachev's agenda at the Geneva Summit in November 1985. Source: Wikimedia Commons.\"><em>The author is a member of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldbeyondwar.org\/\">World Beyond War<\/a>\u00a0Coordinating Committee and the UN NGO Representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.<\/em>NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 With 122 nations having voted last summer (July 2017) to adopt a treaty for the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons, just as the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, its seems that the world is locked in a new Cold War time-warp, totally inappropriate to the times.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1402:time-out-for-nukes&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1400:india-needs-to-reify-its-global-nuclear-disarmament-policy&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">India Needs to Reify its Global Nuclear Disarmament Policy<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Pulkit Mohan<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/India_Map.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: Peter Miller \u00a9 Flickr\/CC BY-SA 2.0\"><em>India&#8217;s challenge in asserting its stance on global nuclear disarmament requires a precise articulation of its goals and plans, writes Pulkit Mohan, a Research Intern at India&#8217;s prestigious\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orfonline.org\/\">Observer Research Foundation<\/a>. The article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.orfonline.org\/expert-speak\/india-nuclear-dilemma-44593\/\">first appeared<\/a>\u00a0on 28 September 2018, and is being reproduced courtesy the Foundation.<\/em><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1400:india-needs-to-reify-its-global-nuclear-disarmament-policy&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><br><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1399:pompeo-heads-to-pyongyang-in-quest-of-denuclearization&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Pompeo Heads to Pyongyang in Quest of Denuclearization<\/a><br>By Kelsey Davenport &amp; Alicia Sanders-Zakre<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/Pompeo_with_Kim.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Mike Pompeo, then Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, meets with North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un over the Easter weekend (March 30 to April 1, 2018). Source: Wikimedia Commons.\"><em>Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy and Alicia Sanders-Zakre is research assistant at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/\">Arms Control Association<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0<em>This article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/blog\/2018-10-03\/inaugural-issue-north-korea-denuclearization-digest-october-3-2018\">first appeared<\/a>\u00a0in the Inaugural Issue: The North Korea Denuclearization Digest on October 3, 2018. It is being reproduced courtesy Arms Control Association. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>WASHIGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) \u2013 After a long pause in U.S.-North Korea talks on denuclearization and peace, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan, China, North Korea, and South Korea October 6-8. He will visit Pyongyang October 7 and is expected to meet with Chairman Kim Jong-un.<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1399:pompeo-heads-to-pyongyang-in-quest-of-denuclearization&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\">Read More<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Published by<\/strong><br>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdgsforall.net\/index.php?option=com_acymailing&amp;ctrl=url&amp;subid=&amp;urlid=9177&amp;mailid=116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group<\/a>&nbsp;with IDN as the Flagship Agency<br>33 Lafferty Street, Toronto, ONT M9C5B5, CANADA<br>Europaplatz 2, 8th Floor, 10557 Berlin, GERMANY<br>Ichimura bldg. 4F, 3-2 Kanda Ogawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 101-0052<br><br><strong>as part of a Joint Media Project with the<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdgsforall.net\/index.php?option=com_acymailing&amp;ctrl=url&amp;subid=&amp;urlid=4991&amp;mailid=116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Soka Gakkai International<\/a><br>15-3 Samon-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0017, Japan<br>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sdgsforall.net\/index.php?option=com_acymailing&amp;ctrl=url&amp;subid=&amp;urlid=6072&amp;mailid=116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sdgsforall.net\/images\/banner\/newsletter_doppel.jpg\" alt=\"SUPPORT US\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Go Hand in HandViewpoint by Izumi NakamitsuFollowing are extensive excerpts from remarks by Under-Secretary-General Izumi Nakamitsu, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), at the Roundtable Discussion on the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) hosted by\u00a0the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies\u00a0and the\u00a0Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations\u00a0on 25 [&hellip;]<\/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-2024","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\/2024","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=2024"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2267,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024\/revisions\/2267"}],"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=2024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}