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North Korea's nuclear test: a silver lining?
In this article on The Diplomat's Flashpoints blog, Rory Medcalf looks at the silver linings surrounding North Korea's nuclear test.

14 February 2013
Commentary
By
Rory Medcalf
No good options to curb Pyongyang
In this opinion piece in The Australian, Lowy Institute International Security Program Director Rory Medcalf argues that the failure of North Korea’s Friday-the-13th missile test raise the risks of a nuclear test by the hermit kingdom. He warns that there are no good options for getting North Korea...

16 April 2012
Commentary
By
Rory Medcalf
Disarming doubt: the future of extended nuclear deterrence in East Asia
Strategic uncertainty in East Asia is leaving nations look to their defences. At the same time, the United States is leading a push to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in international security. In this major international research report, the Lowy Institute's Rory Medcalf and Fiona Cunningham...

11 April 2012
Lowy Institute Papers and Reports
By
Rory Medcalf and Fiona Cunningham
KJI won't take his nukes to the grave
It was shaping up to be a big week for the North Korean nuclear diplomacy. The Washington Post reported today that sensitive negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang had resulted in an agreement whereby the US would provide substantial amounts of food aid in exchange for the DPRK halting its...

19 December 2011
By
Fiona Cunningham
Uranium sales to India would spread trust, not nuclear arms
In this opinion piece in The Age newspaper, the Lowy Institute’s Rory Medcalf addresses the common non-proliferation criticisms of possible Australian uranium sales to India. He writes that, on balance, a policy change at the December 2011 Australian Labor Party conference would build a new...

2 December 2011
Commentary
By
Rory Medcalf
A nuclear weapon-free world? Prospects for Obama's nuclear agenda
In this lecture under the Lowy Institute's Canberra Food for Thought series, leading nuclear expert Professor Scott Sagan of Stanford University weighs up the achievements and the challenges ahead for the Obama nuclear agenda. This event, moderated by the Lowy Institute's Rory Medcalf, was...

1 December 2011
Speeches and Conferences
By
Prof. Scott Sagan and Rory Medcalf
After Fukushima: Nuclear power without proliferation?
There were high expectations for the growth of nuclear power in the years leading up to the Fukushima nuclear accident on 11 March 2011, as concerns about energy security and climate change prompted governments to reconsider their energy options. But the expansion of nuclear power has posed serious...

23 November 2011
Speeches and Conferences
By
Rory Medcalf, Martine Letts, John Carlson AM and Prof. Scott Sagan
China-India: In nuclear denial
The list of strategic tensions in the China-India relationship is dismally long. While there are elements of increasing cooperation, notably in trade and global governance (think Copenhagen), mistrust underpins the bilateral relationship. The root of that mistrust is the disputed border and China's...

21 October 2011
By
Fiona Cunningham
The dangers of denial: nuclear weapons in China-India relations
Is a dangerous nuclear competition emerging between the two most populous nations? In this Lowy Institute Analysis, Fiona Cunningham and Rory Medcalf warn of nuclear dangers as China and India rise. The authors call for a strategic stability dialogue embedded in mutual respect, to ensure possible...

18 October 2011
Analysis
By
Rory Medcalf and Fiona Cunningham
New voluntary code for reactor exports
Just over a week ago, the giants of the nuclear power industry announced a new voluntary code of conduct that will guide their future nuclear reactor exports. The 'Nuclear Power Plant Exporters' Principles of Conduct' took three years to negotiate, facilitated by the Carnegie Endowment for...

27 September 2011
By
Fiona Cunningham

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