As six countries discuss disputed programme, Beijing says it opposes measures taken by groups of nations outside the UN...
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, will visit China in June for a security summit and discuss his...
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We keep abreast of news relating to developments in disarmament and non-proliferation negotiations, multilateral arms control and international security, and provide short excerpts of news pieces originally published by international and domestic media.
23 May 2012
22 May 2012
Contracts worth £350m have been awarded today to UK companies to design the next generation of nuclear-deterrent submarines.
According to the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the first Successor submarine is due to be delivered...
22 May 2012
The U.N. nuclear watchdog director said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to unblock an investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift...
22 May 2012
Today’s announcement that design contracts for the Trident successor submarines have been signed is being portrayed as the Coalition Government moving a step closer to a full Trident replacement.
In...
21 May 2012
In recent months, we have joined discussions led by former United States Senator Sam Nunn, former British Minister of Defense Lord Desmond Browne, and others to find a way to...
21 May 2012
Leaders from 28 European and North American nations on Sunday signed off on a high-profile review of NATO’s overall deterrence posture that maintains nuclear weapons as a key means of deterrence against enemy threats (see GSN, May...
20 May 2012
The replacement of Trident will come a step closer this week as ministers start work on new submarines to carry Britain’s nuclear weapons....
The Ministry of Defence will announce this week that it has placed £350 million...
18 May 2012
18 May 2012
Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog are making headway towards a framework deal on how to tackle concerns about its atomic activity, diplomats say, a potential bargaining chip for Tehran in next week's negotiations with world...
18 May 2012
The UK government must take a final decision before 2016 on whether to go spend more than £20bn building four new submarines to carry Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent.
Inside the coalition, David Cameron and the...