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France acknowledges Polynesian islands ‘strong-armed’ into dangerous nuclear tests

by Henry Samuel, Paris France has officially acknowledged for the first time that French Polynesians were effectively forced into accepting almost 200 nuclear tests conducted over a 30-year period, and…

Rouhani: Iran could hold vote over nuclear deal

Apart from other aspects, the Iranian political establishment, facedwith a looming crisis, is, as it appears, encountering political pullsin divergent directions, as is also, at least to an extent, the…

A Decade After the Nuclear Deal

By Prerna Gupta, M V Ramana An increase in nuclear power was promised as an outcome of the Indo-US nuclear deal. That promise has not materialised, but citizens have paid…

Anti-Satellite Weapons Versus National Security: Part Two

by N.D. JAYAPRAKASH Click here to read part one. Highlighting the environmental consequences of waging space wars, a researcher at the Pardee Rand Graduate School, California, in his doctoral dissertation titled “Deterring…

Anti-Satellite Weapons Versus National Security: Part One

by N.D. JAYAPRAKASH The Indian Government’s decision to carry out the ASAT test just two weeks prior to the scheduled beginning of national elections to India’s Parliament was merely intended to…