A short history of the International Peace Bureau: 1990 – 2017*
Written by Colin Archer, IPB Secretary-General (retired) The end of the Cold War ushered in a particularly complex decade. Loss of peace movement momentum due to the end of East-West…
‘Nuclear power is now the most expensive form of generation, except for gas peaking plants’
The latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report indicates the stagnation of the sector continues. Just 2.4 GW of new nuclear generation capacity came online last year, compared…
THE DANGEROUS MYTHS ABOUT CHINA’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DAVID LOGAN / SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Early this summer, as American and Russian diplomats gathered in Vienna to discuss extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, much of the focus was…
THE IMPACT OF A REGIONAL NUCLEAR CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN: TWO VIEWS
G. D. HESS SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, G. Dale Hess dissects the scientific debate on the severity of the climatic effects of a regional nuclear war…
56 former leaders and ministers of US allies urge states to join the nuclear weapon ban treaty
Fifty-six former presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence ministers from 20 NATO member states, as well as Japan and South Korea, have just issued an open letter calling on…