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Beyond the Second Trump-Kim Nuclear Weapons Summit<\/a>

Viewpoint by Jonathan Power
LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) \u2013\u00a0Kim Jong-un, paramount leader of the North Korean dictatorship, arrived in Vietnam by train and limousine ready to meet President Donald Trump. The two leaders met in June 2018 in Singapore, applauded themselves and each other and made some sort of a deal even if it wasn\u2019t the one Trump boasted about \u2013 the total elimination of the North\u2019s nuclear weapons.\u00a0[2019-02-26]


IAEA Keen to Enhance Nuclear Security in Africa<\/a>

By Reinhard Jacobsen
VIENNA (IDN) \u2013 Enhancing regulatory framework for nuclear security in Africa has been on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA<\/a>), nuclear watchdog of the United Nations, for nearly two years.Against this backdrop, lawyers and nuclear scientists from 10 African countries reviewed the status of their countries\u2019 regulatory frameworks for the security of radioactive material and developed action plans to address any identified gaps during the IAEA\u2019s first School on Drafting Nuclear Security Regulations for African Countries.\u00a0[2019-02-25]


On the Precipice of a Multipolar Qualitative Nuclear Arms Race<\/a>

Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu
Following are extensive excerpts from a video briefing by Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA<\/a>), to the 65-nation Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on 7 February 2019.<\/em>NEW YORK | GENEVA (IDN-INPS) \u2013 2019 will be a weighty year for the\u00a0Conference on Disarmament<\/a>. As a global community we are beset by challenges. In the field of disarmament our progress has slowed to a crawl and is in imminent danger of suffering reversals. Instead of seeking to enhance what binds us, we tend to focus on what divides us.\u00a0[2019-02-23]


A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners<\/a>

Viewpoint by Mikhail Gorbachev*
MOSCOW (IDN-INPS) \u2013 The fate of the INF treaty has politicians and ordinary people worried on every continent. I am also concerned, and not only because I signed that treaty with former U.S. President Ronald Reagan in Dec. 1987. These events are yet another manifestation of the dangerous and destructive trends in world politics facing us today.\u00a0[2019-02-21]


Experts Discuss Prospects Of Peace On The Korean Peninsula<\/a>

By Katsuhiro Asagiri
TOKYO (IDN) \u2013 Nearly 66 years have passed since the Armistice Agreement formally brought about “a complete cessation of hostilities” of the Korean War. One year later, Chinese Premier and Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai proposed a peace treaty. But U.S. Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, refused \u2013 leaving a final peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula hanging in the air.\u00a0|\u00a0CHINESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0KOREAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SPANISH<\/a>\uff5c


Uncertain Prospects For Progress In Nuclear Disarmament<\/a>

Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte
The writer is President of\u00a0Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs<\/a>, and a former UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. He was president of the 2005 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.<\/em>NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 Although humankind has known since the dawn of ages the sorrow, misery and devastation caused by war, the most catastrophic military conflicts in history are quite recent.World War I lasted from July 1914 to November 1918 and\u00a0claimed some 40 million lives<\/a>, among civilians and combatants. In all,\u00a0between 70-85 million people perished<\/a>\u00a0during World War II that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The estimated war casualties include those who are believed to have died from war-related causes, including captivity, disease and famine.\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0CHINESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0KOREAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SPANISH<\/a>\uff5c
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