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Nuclear Abolition News | IPS

By Pratap Chatterjee

WASHINGTON (IPS) - Hollywood and Silicon Valley leaders have teamed up with Middle Eastern royalty and high-level U.S. diplomats to send a message to heads of state who are gathering here in Washington next week: the world needs to reduce its nuclear arsenal to zero as soon as possible. [P| ARABIC PDF | DUTCH | JAPANESE PDF TEXT VERSION | SPANISH]

Nuclear Abolition News | IPS

By Eli Clifton and Jim Lobe*

WASHINGTON (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday unveiled a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that will significantly limit the circumstances under which Washington would use nuclear weapons as part of a strategy to bolster the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and other efforts to halt and reverse the spread of nuclear arms.

Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Fareed Mahdy
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

ISTANBUL (IDN) – Now that nuclear arsenals reduction is much in the news, the U.S. and Russia have agreed to downsize their stockpiles by 30 percent and all 22 Arab countries called for a nuke-free world, it's time to ask how many countries have decided to eliminate the threat of a devastating nuclear war and consequently managed to liberate themselves from the most atrocious weapons of mass destruction.

Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Fareed Mahdy
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

ISTANBUL (IDN) - Call it perfect timing or a sheer historical coincidence; be it because they feel caught between the Israeli nuclear hammer and the Iranian might-be atomic anvil or just because they truly want it, the fact is that the leaders of 22 Arab countries have launched an unprecedented massive and pressing call to free the world from nuclear weapons. [P | ARABIC | JAPANESE PDF - TEXT VERSION ]

Nuclear Abolition News | IPS

Chryso D'Angelo interviews Nobel Peace Prize Laureate JODY WILLIAMS

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - Since the expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) in December, U.S. and Russian negotiators have been busy hammering out a new pact that will reduce the number of nuclear warheads deployed in both countries by about one-quarter, according to Washington. ARABIC |  JAPANESE

Nuclear Abolition News | IPS

By Dimity Hawkins *

MELBOURNE (IPS) ‐ History has never provided a better time to act on nuclear disarmament. The desire to free the world of the 23,300 nuclear weapons currently in global stockpiles has come vividly into the spotlight as both global leaders and civil society groups lead the charge toward abolition. ARABIC | FRENCH | GERMAN | JAPANESE 

Nuclear Abolition News | IPS

By Jamshed Baruah*

BERLIN (IPS) - Japanese parliamentarians and activists pin high hopes on the hotly debated and much anticipated U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) to which the Barack Obama administration is reported to be giving finishing touches. ARABIC | DUTCH | FRENCH | ITALIAN | JAPANESE |  PORTUGUESE | SWAHILI | SWEDISH | TURKISH

Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

BERLIN (IDN) - As the only country having suffered nuclear bombings and intermittently rattled by atomic tremors from Pyongyang, Japan is not only anxiously looking forward to a new orientation of the role and mission of the U.S. nuclear forces in the next five to ten years, but also trying to influence Washington's decisions. JAPANESE

Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Ramesh Jaura
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

BERLIN (IDN) - The much awaited review of U.S. nuclear forces in Washington’s global strategy in the coming years is expected to reduce the role of atomic weapons in regional scenarios and retire the nuclear-armed Tomahawk sea-launched land-attack cruise missile, according to the Federation of American Scientists (FAS).

Nuclear Abolition News | IDN

By Taro Ichikawa
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis

TOKYO (IDN) – ‘Cities and citizens of the world, unite! Unite for a world without nuclear weapons!’ This is the clarion call Dr. Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of the City of Hiroshima, would like to hear resonate in the remotest corners of the globe. JAPANESE