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  • 13 Sep 2022
    • Asean
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Has Southeast Asia warmed to AUKUS one year on?

    Melissa Conley Tyler
    The shock of surprise has faded and a new tone from new voices may ease some concerns. But objections remain.
  • 29 Jul 2022
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Can we please have a real debate on nuclear submarines?

    Marianne Hanson
    It looks suspiciously as if a decision is already made, even with a promised 18-month investigation only half-way done.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • Australia
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Australia and the Nuclear Ban Treaty

    Peter Hooton
    If disarmament is to be truly realistic, the world needs to change the conversation about nuclear weapons.
  • 14 Mar 2022
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Japan
    • Ukraine

    Ukraine war triggers debate on Japan’s nuclear option

    Purnendra Jain
    In a new and volatile strategic environment, a decades-old commitment on non-proliferation is up for discussion.
  • 25 Feb 2022
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Keeping Australian uranium out of Russian hands – and bombs

    Daniel Flitton
    After MH17 was shot down the Abbott government banned yellowcake sales to Russia. But then struck a deal with Ukraine…
  • 22 Feb 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Russia

    Damage limitation and US nuclear strategy

    Victor Abramowicz
    In an atomic world, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
  • 29 Dec 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Australian Navy
    • Australia
    • United Kingdom

    An AUKUS surprise – Best of The Interpreter 2021

    The Interpreter
    An extraordinary decision put Australia at the centre of regional defence debates.
  • 2 Nov 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Russia
    • Vietnam

    Arms control is not just about arms

    Khang Vu
    Getting US-Russia arms control talks on track can weaken the Russia-China partnership and strengthen US-Vietnam ties.
  • 6 Sep 2021
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Japan

    Japan’s nuclear identity and the complicated endgame

    Tom Corben
    The legacy of a complex nuclear history weighs heavily on a country torn between deterrence and disarmament.
  • 19 Aug 2021
    • China
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Nuclear Weapons

    China’s new silos: Nuclear arms control more urgent than ever

    Gareth Evans
    News of huge missile silo fields shows dumb luck is no basis for managing a risk of nuclear catastrophe.
  • 22 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Russia
    • European Union

    Russia-US relations in 2021: Key things to watch out for

    Alexey Muraviev , Nina Markovic Khaze
    For all the talk of China, the Russia factor is still a huge challenge for the Biden administration.
  • 21 Jan 2021
    • United States
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Australia

    A “No-First-Use” doctrine would undermine American nuclear deterrence

    Andrew O'Neil
    And Australia should make clear to the Biden administration any such commitment is not in the interests of allies.
  • 2 Nov 2020
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • United Nations

    Nuclear Ban Treaty: Wishful thinking over realism

    Andrew O'Neil
    Lacking enforcement mechanisms or a practical path to elimination, the treaty has little chance of being effective.
  • 5 Aug 2020
    • Diplomacy
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    Gareth Evans , Chung-in Moon
    Existing nuclear arms control deals are dead or dying, but that should not be an excuse to give up disarmament hopes.
  • 15 Jun 2020
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    Arms control or out of control?

    Marianne Hanson
    Revoking hard-won arms control achievements seems nothing less than madness.
  • 3 May 2019
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • North Korea

    North Korea’s uranium and prospects of a stealthier bomb

    Morris Jones
    Counting Pyongyang’s missiles for potential nuclear weapons is understandable but perhaps we need to think smaller, too.
  • 16 Nov 2018
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament

    It’s time to fill Asia’s arms control void

    Tanya Ogilvie-White
    The post-Cold War arms control architecture is crumbling, and if it can’t be salvaged, something new is required.
  • 26 Sep 2018
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • Iran

    EU and Iran push back against US sanctions

    Rodger Shanahan
    The sight of the EU and Iran jointly announcing a plan to blunt a signature US initiative must infuriate Washington.
  • 8 Dec 2017
    • Nuclear Weapons
    • Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament
    • United Nations

    Does the nuclear weapon ban treaty warrant the Nobel Prize?

    John Carlson
    Australia should not sign the ban treaty. But the need for nuclear disarmament has not diminished.

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