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Saudi Arabia’s Long-Term Goal of Going Nuclear \u2013 With U.S. Backing<\/a>
By Shanta Roy\"Photo:NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 The Trump administration\u2019s increasingly cozy relationship with Saudi Arabia has led to widespread speculation that the United States may be assisting the Saudis \u2013 directly or indirectly \u2013 to achieve their long term goal of acquiring nuclear weapons.The speculation has been triggered by ongoing secret negotiations between the two countries to help Saudi Arabia gain access to nuclear energy in a proposed deal estimated at over a hefty $80 billion, according to a front-page story in the\u00a0New York Times November 23<\/a>.\u00a0[P 15]\u00a0ARABIC<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSION<\/a>\u00a0PDF\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0MALAY<\/a>
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Ensuring Energy Sustainability for Future Generations in Saudi Arabia<\/a>
By K A CARE\"Photo:The following is sourced from the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/em>RIYADH (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Saudi Arabia is a dynamic nation facing high rates of demand for energy and desalinated water as the nation\u2019s population grows and the utilization of low-priced electricity and desalinated water accelerates.According to government estimates, the anticipated demand for electricity in the Kingdom is expected to exceed 120 GW in 2032. Unless alternative energy and energy conservation measures are implemented, the overall demand for fossil fuels for power, industry, transportation and desalination is estimated to grow from 3.4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2010 to 8.3 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in 2028.
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Keeping Saudi Arabia Nuclear-Free<\/a>
Viewpoint by Joseph Gerson\"Photo:The writer is President of the\u00a0Campaign for Peace Disarmament and Common Security<\/a>\u00a0and author of\u00a0\u2018Empire and the Bomb\u2019<\/a>.<\/em>NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 There is growing concern over the ruthless Crown Prince\u2019s campaign to purchase $80 billion of U.S. nuclear power plant designs and technologies from the U.S. and his reported insistence on producing Saudi Arabia\u2019s own nuclear fuel \u2013 a potential path to nuclear weapons development.Concerns that Saudi Arabia aspires to become a nuclear power need to be seen in the larger context of the dangerous ambitions and delusions of power hungry elites, nuclear and otherwise.
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The Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons Violates the Right to Life, Warns a UN Committee<\/a>
By Alyn Ware\"Photo:The author is Coordinator of the World Future Council Peace and Disarmament Program, Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, and International Representative of Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace (the New Zealand affiliate of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms).<\/em>GENEVA (IDN) \u2013 The threat or use of nuclear weapons is “incompatible with respect for the right to life” and “may amount to a crime under international law,” warns the UN Human Rights Committee’s new\u00a0General comment No. 36 (2018) on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), on the right to life<\/a>, adopted on October 30, 2018.\u00a0[P 14]\u00a0BHASA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0HINDI<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSION<\/a>\u00a0PDF\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0NORWEGIAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<\/a>SWEDISH<\/a>
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Verification is Key to Denuclearization of North Korea<\/a>\u00a0
Viewpoint by Lassina Zerbo\"\"“The CTBTO and its technological tools are uniquely placed to provide adequate verification and to monitor an end to nuclear tests in North Korea,” writes Lassina Zerbo, the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. This article\u00a0first appeared<\/a>\u00a0on Arms Control Association website on November 1, 2018. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>
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Experts Push for Trump-Putin Accord on Nuclear Forces Treaty<\/a>
By J C Suresh\"Photo:TORONTO (IDN) \u2013 In the wake of President Donald Trump’s recent announcement to “terminate” the\u00a0Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty<\/a>\u00a0“in response to Russian violations of the agreement”, an international group consisting of high-level experts and former officials is warning of the dangers of the collapse of the treaty and urging a diplomatic resolution to the dispute.
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A Punitive Approach to Iran’s Missile Activities Will Not Fix the Problem<\/a>
Viewpoint by Dr Tytti Er\u00e4st\u00f6 *\"Photo:European powers deserve credit for their efforts to maintain the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA<\/a>), but their current coercive approach to Iran’s missiles is counterproductive, writes Dr Tytti Er\u00e4st\u00f6, a researcher in the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI<\/a>) Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Programme, in a topical backgrounder published on 15 November, 2018 on SIPRI’s website. Following are extensive excerpts from the original article which wa:\u00a0https:\/\/www.sipri.org\/commentary\/topical-backgrounder\/2018\/dissecting-international-concerns-about-irans-missiles<\/a>\u00a0– The Editor<\/em>
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Nuclear Arms Control is Going Down a Trumpian Hole<\/a>
Viewpoint by Jonathan Power*\"Photo:LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Reacting to the radio interview by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to mark Armistice Day, in which he was reported as saying, \u201cWe have to protect ourselves with respect to China, Russia and even the United States of America\u2026 We need a true European army\u201d, President Donald Trump blew a fuse. He tweeted: \u201cPresident Macron of France has just suggested that Europe build its own military in order to protect itself from the U.S., China and Russia. Very insulting.\u201d
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Interfaith Statement Pushes for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons<\/a>
By Santo D. Banerjee\"Photo:NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons \u2013 a group of diverse faith-based organizations and individuals committed to a nuclear-weapon-free world \u2013 have called for urgent action for the abolition of nuclear weapons.”As people of faith, we advocate for the right of all people to live in security and dignity; we seek to heed the commands of conscience and the call to justice; we are united in our determination to protect the vulnerable and to exercise the stewardship that will safeguard Earth for present and future generations,” says the group in the public statement submitted in October to the UN General Assembly’s First Committee in New York.
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Combative Politics and Hostile Discourse Mark UN Disarmament Initiatives<\/a>
By Jaya Ramachandran\"Photo:NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 “If one had to pick a single word to describe this year’s First Committee, contentious would be a reasonable contender. The increased volume \u2013 in all senses of the word \u2013 of accusations and denials has descended as close to name calling as diplomatic forums get,” says Ray Acheson, the Director of\u00a0Reaching Critical Will<\/a>\u00a0in an editorial in\u00a0November 5 issue<\/a>\u00a0of The First Committee Monitor 2018.\u00a0[P 13]\u00a0ARABIC<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0GERMAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSION<\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/a>
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NATO’s Gottemoeller Discusses Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence in China<\/a>
By J C Suresh\"Photo:TORONTO (IDN-INPS) \u2013 “We know that we cannot fight tomorrow’s threats with today\u2019s tools. Defending ourselves is no longer about just looking at a map and deciding where to position troops and equipment. We need to defend ourselves in the digital age, and in the age of artificial intelligence,” NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller told\u00a0 experts participating in the 8th Beijing Xiangshan Forum in China from October 24 to 26 2018.
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Disarmament in Uncertain Times Discussed in Reykjavik<\/a>
By Lowana Veal\"Photo:REYKJAVIK (IDN) \u2013 With tension rapidly escalating between the United States and Russia \u2013 and indeed between these countries and others \u2013 a seminar on disarmament held in parallel with the\u00a014th NATO Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction<\/a>\u00a0in Iceland came at an appropriate time.\u00a0[P 12]\u00a0\u00a0JAPANESE TEXT VERSION<\/a>\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0|<\/a>\u00a0NORWEGIAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SWEDISH<\/a>
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INF Treaty Decision is a Debacle, But Worse May Be Coming<\/a>
Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball\"Photo:The author is Executive Director of the\u00a0Arms Control Association<\/a>. This article appeared on 1 November 2018, and is being reproduced by courtesy of the think-tank. \u2013 The Editor<\/em>WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Earlier this year, President Donald Trump told reporters that he wanted to work with Russian President Vladimir Putin “to discuss the arms race, which is getting out of control.” He characterized the costly nuclear weapons upgrade programs being pursued by each side as “a very, very bad policy.”
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Saudi Arabia’s Long-Term Goal of Going Nuclear \u2013 With U.S. BackingBy Shanta RoyNEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 The Trump administration\u2019s increasingly cozy relationship with Saudi Arabia has led to widespread speculation that the United States may be assisting the Saudis \u2013 directly or indirectly \u2013 to achieve their long term goal of acquiring nuclear weapons.The speculation […]<\/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-2028","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\/2028","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=2028"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2266,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2028\/revisions\/2266"}],"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=2028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}