{"id":2045,"date":"2019-03-31T02:22:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2022-02-11T20:10:55","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:10:55","slug":"beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inpsjapan.com\/en\/newsletter-beyond-nuclear-non-proliferation\/beyond-nuclear-nonproliferation-newsletter%e3%80%80march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\u30ec\u30bf\u30fc\u300c\u6838\u4e0d\u62e1\u6563\u3092\u8d85\u3048\u3066\u300d2019\u5e743\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=1522:not-collusion-with-russia-but-trump-s-confrontational-policies-threaten-peace&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Not Collusion with Russia but Trump\u2019s Confrontational Policies Threaten Peace<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Jonathan Power<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/putin_trump.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Russian President Putin with U.S. counterpart Trump during the G20 Summit in Hamburg on July 7-8, 2017. Credit: en.kremlin.ru\">LUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) \u2013 President Donald Trump has been exonerated of collusion with Russia. As I wrote a while back, I expected this conclusion from the investigation carried out by Robert Mueller.The big clue lay in Trump\u2019s anti-Russian posture. Trump has continued the expansion of NATO which Russia, more than understandably, sees as a provocative, unfriendly and dangerous move. Then there is the unwillingness to step forward to negotiate an end to the Ukrainian situation.\u00a0[2019-03-26]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1522:not-collusion-with-russia-but-trump-s-confrontational-policies-threaten-peace&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=1521:beyond-the-u-s-north-korean-summits-in-singapore-and-hanoi&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Beyond the U.S.-North Korean Summits in Singapore and Hanoi<\/a><br>By Kelsey Davenport and Alicia Sanders-Zakre<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/dprk-usa_hanoi_summit.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: President Donald Trump is greeted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on February 27, 2019, at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel in Hanoi, for their second summit meeting. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)\"><em>The following appeared in Volume 11, Issue 5 of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/issue-briefs\/2019-03\/what-comes-next-us-north-korean-negotiations\">Issue Brief of the Arms Control Association<\/a>. Kelsey Davenport is director for nonproliferation policy, and Alicia Sanders-Zakre, research assistant.<\/em>WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) \u2013 The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended abruptly in Hanoi without any agreement on the next steps to advance the shared goals of denuclearization and peacebuilding on the Korean peninsula. While both Trump and Kim described the meeting [February 27-28, 2019] as valuable and appeared committed to continuing dialogue, the future of the diplomatic process is unclear.\u00a0[2019-03-22]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1521:beyond-the-u-s-north-korean-summits-in-singapore-and-hanoi&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=1520:germany-backs-un-chief-in-countering-autonomous-weapons&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Germany Backs UN Chief in Countering Autonomous Weapons<\/a><br>By Ramesh Jaura<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/heiko_maas_Photo_755879.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Heiko Mass, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany, addressing the Security Council meeting on collective action to improve United Nations Peacekeeping Operations on 28 March 2018. Credit: UN Photo\/Loey Felipe.\">BERLIN (IDN) \u2013 Keeping humans in control of autonomous weapons and artificial intelligence is an important element of UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres&#8217; action plan to implement the Agenda for Disarmament,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/sg-agenda\/\">Securing Our Common Future<\/a><\/em>, presented in May 2018.\u00a0[2019-03-17]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1520:germany-backs-un-chief-in-countering-autonomous-weapons&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=1519:countering-challenges-affecting-disarmament-arms-control-and-non-proliferation&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Countering Challenges Affecting Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Izumi Nakamitsu<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/nakamitsu_of_unoda.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. Credit: UN\"><em>The following are extensive excerpts from remarks by Izumi Nakamitsu, UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/disarmament\/\">UNODA<\/a>), at the International Conference on &#8216;Capturing Technology. Rethinking Arms Control&#8217; in Berlin on 15 March 2019.<\/em>BERLIN (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Many of us feel a growing sense of unease about the challenges rapid technological developments pose to disarmament, arms control and international peace and security.\u00a0[2019-03-16]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1519:countering-challenges-affecting-disarmament-arms-control-and-non-proliferation&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=1518:strategic-realities-impeding-nuclear-disarmament&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Strategic Realities Impeding Nuclear Disarmament<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Sergio Duarte<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/duarte_2009_Photo406561.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: On 10 August 2009 Sergio Duarte, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, speaks at the opening of the exhibition \"><em>The writer is President of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pugwash.org\/\">Pugwash 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 The advent of weapons of mass destruction, in particular the nuclear weapon, was the most dramatic factor of change in the strategic panorama since the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Peace-of-Westphalia\">Treaty of Westphalia<\/a>\u00a0established the basis of the current international order in 1648.\u00a0[2019-03-13]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1518:strategic-realities-impeding-nuclear-disarmament&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=1517:the-trump-kim-hanoi-summit-disappointing-but-not-devastating&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">The Trump-Kim Hanoi Summit Disappointing But Not Devastating<\/a><br>Viewpoint by Daryl G. Kimball<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/Kim_and_Trump_shaking_hands.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Trump and his team have clearly squandered the seven months since the Singapore summit on June 12, 2018 to make progress on even modest steps toward that meeting's lofty goals. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.\"><em>This article by the Executive Director of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/\">Arms Control Association<\/a>\u00a0appeared on February 28.<\/em>WASHINGTON, D.C. (IDN-INPS) \u2013 Not only did the summit in Hanoi between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fail to produce meaningful results, but Trump and his team have clearly squandered the seven months since the Singapore summit to make progress on even modest steps toward that meeting&#8217;s lofty goals.\u00a0[2019-03-07]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1517:the-trump-kim-hanoi-summit-disappointing-but-not-devastating&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=1516:ushering-in-an-era-of-peace-and-disarmament&amp;catid=2:nuclear-abolition-news-and-analyses&amp;Itemid=103\" target=\"_blank\">Ushering in an Era of Peace and Disarmament<\/a><br>By Ramesh Jaura<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/image\/daisaku_ikeda.jpg\" alt=\"\">BERLIN | TOKYO (IDN) \u2013 &#8220;Amid the continued escalation of global challenges, crises that were previously unthinkable are now becoming reality throughout the world.&#8221; This is the backdrop to a wide-ranging proposal eminent Buddhist philosopher, educator, author, and nuclear disarmament advocate Dr. Daisaku Ikeda has put forward.\u00a0[2019-03-03]<br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nuclearabolition.info\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1516:ushering-in-an-era-of-peace-and-disarmament&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>Not Collusion with Russia but Trump\u2019s Confrontational Policies Threaten PeaceViewpoint by Jonathan PowerLUND, Sweden (IDN-INPS) \u2013 President Donald Trump has been exonerated of collusion with Russia. 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