Five years after affirming his support for a nuclear-weapon-free world, President Barack Obama has approved a secret ten-year extension of the U.S. nuclear cooperation agreement with the United Kingdom.
Tag Archives: Nuclear Deterrence
Is there a new anti-nuclear movement growing?
Unprepared to sit and wait while thousands of nuclear weapons remain on full alert, citizens are organizing on every continent to demand their governments establish a convention banning nuclear weapons.
Arctic Nuclear-Weapon-Free zone would be stepping stone towards Global Zero
Declaring the Arctic a zone free of nuclear weapons would be a stepping stone towards reaching Global Zero, argues Thomas Axworthy.
Robert Green op-ed in Embassy Magazine
Retired Royal Navy Commander Robert Green explains his views on nuclear deterrence in an article in the February 23rd, 2011 issue of Embassy Magazine (reprinted in full at Defence Watch): Nuclear deterrence has not prevented non-nuclear states from attacking allies of nuclear weapon states. Examples include China entering the Korean War when the US had […]
Former nuclear weapons officer rejects nuclear deterrence
Update: Due to the earthquake in New Zealand, Robert Green has had to return to his home in Christchurch. His presentation will be in video format. Alyn Ware, a colleague of Mr. Green, will be accompanying the Hon. Douglas Roche, a 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, at the event. For Alyn’s biography: http://www.msvu.ca/en/home/aboutus/PeaceConference/Keynote_speakers/Alyn_Ware.aspx Retired Royal Navy Commander Robert Green is […]