As debate in the UK is pre-occupied with renewal of Trident there is an apparent lack of awareness that the world of non-proliferation and disarmament is changing around us. by Steven Hucklesby via OpenDemocracy The UK has consistently opposed discussion at the...
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Thank you Mr Chairperson, I am speaking on behalf of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy, which is also a steering group partner in ICAN. I would like to thank Dr Patricia Lewis for her very thoughtful analysis of risk, and also Ireland for introducing the...
Arguments against the use of such machines by armed forces are blurred in the fog of war by John Thornhill via The Financial Times Imagine this futuristic scenario: a US-led coalition is closing in on Raqqa determined to eradicate Isis. The international forces...
CCW Report, Vol. 3, No.2 by Ray Acheson via Reaching Critical Will The third UN meeting on lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) opened on Monday morning with a general discussion by states. Once again, the majority of delegates taking the floor agreed that...
Thousands of protesters including Jeremy Corbyn and other party leaders gather in London for CND march and rally by Mark Townsend via The Guardian Thousands of protesters have assembled in central London for Britain’s biggest anti-nuclear weapons...
Press Association via The Guardian Ash Carter says it is important the UK has military might that backs up ‘its moral standing and its historical standing’ in world Britain must keep its Trident nuclear deterrent to maintain its “outsized†role in the...
Britain will also contribute troops to a new 6,000-strong force that is intended to act as a deterrent by Ewen MacAskill via The Guardian The UK is to send five extra ships to the Baltic as part of a Nato buildup against Russia. A sizeable contingent of...
Jeremy Corbyn says executive to decide whether to introduce rules that could see end of support for nuclear deterrent Jeremy Corbyn has cleared the way for Labour party members to be given a decisive role in whether to change policy on the Trident nuclear...
Dangerous and Inhumane: UK Nuclear Policy and Humanitarian Nuclear Ban Strategies by Rebecca Johnson Chapter 9 in Andrew Futter (ed.), The United Kingdom and the Future of Nuclear Weapons, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016 To download this PDF please click on the link...