India’s nuclear fizzle
By Pervez Hoodbhoy SUSPICION has now turned into confirmed fact: India’s hydrogen bomb test of May 1998 was not the fantastic success it was claimed to be. Last week’s dramatic…
NUCLEAR ZERO: KEY ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED
By George Perkovich In the West today, and perhaps in Russia, leading circles believe that nuclear deterrence is what prevented the U.S. and the Soviet Union from fighting directly during…
Nuclear Disarmament Now!: (I) Mikhail Gorbachev and (II) Ban Ki-moon
I/II. Get Rid of Your Nukes Mikhail Gorbachev Illustration by Seiko Shahinian "If the holders of the largest stocks of nuclear weapons embark upon real reductions, others will no longer…
Nuclear plant at Jaitapur gets high court nod
Shibu Thomas, TNN 15 August 2009, 01:15am IST http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4895340.cms MUMBAI: Paving the way for the country's first nuclear power plant after the Indo-US nuclear deal, the Bombay high court on…
Nagasaki seeks world ban on nukes
64 years after A-bomb, mayor says alternative is annihilation Nagasaki Kyodo News Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue, echoing a call by U.S. President Barack Obama, urged people around the globe on…