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June 17, 2025

☢️ How can we protect nuclear facilities?

Ludovica Castelli

Ludovica Castelli explores the longstanding problem of how to protect nuclear facilities against attack — particularly in light of the war in Ukraine and rising tensions in the Middle East. Until we establish a comprehensive, and enforceable legal framework, nuclear facilities will remain vulnerable to attack, perpetuating the risks to international security and humanitarian safety

June 9, 2025

☢️ A plea from South America for diverse perspectives on nuclear politics

Luiza Januário

Luiza Januário argues that the threats and opportunities of nuclear technology are an intrinsically global matter. Here, she offers a South American perspective on the nuclear politics dilemma

June 2, 2025

☢️ French nuclear doctrine – stability through motion

July Decarpentrie

Think Paris agrees on how to handle its nuclear weapons? You are mistaken. July Decarpentrie examines French nuclear strategic debate from 1972 to the present. She argues that what appears to be a continuous doctrine is in fact shaped by ongoing debates to ensure its relevance over time and across changing geopolitical contexts

May 27, 2025

☢️ The Global South’s challenge to nuclear colonialism

Leila Hennaoui

Leila Hennaoui examines the historical legacies of nuclear colonialism, the leadership of the Global South in reimagining nuclear governance, and the transformative shift represented by the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

May 20, 2025

☢️ Saving arms control in a changing world order

Valentina Cassar

Valentina Cassar examines the motivations for US-Russian diplomacy and arms control in a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape. What role do these countries' nuclear postures play in sustaining their international primacy? China, certainly, will play a key part, while the outcomes will influence all states in the broader nuclear order

May 13, 2025

☢️ Saudi Arabia’s nuclear prospects in an era of strategic competition

Zoha Naser

Saudi Arabia faces an existential threat from a potentially proliferating Iran and an unpredictable ally in the Trump administration. Zoha Naser and Sarah Tzinieris explore how the country is carefully weighing up its strategic partnerships as it pursues a civil nuclear programme

May 6, 2025

☢️ Two decades of Iran’s nuclear dilemma

Valeriia Gergiieva

Valeriia Gergiieva examines the Iranian nuclear dilemma, from its non-compliance with International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards in 2003 to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement and its eventual collapse. She analyses ongoing challenges around Iran’s nuclear policy, including its growing uranium stockpile, and renewal of pressure from the US

April 29, 2025

☢️ Disarming deterrence and abolishing nuclear weapons

Ray Acheson

Ray Acheson highlights the work of states, scientists, activists, and affected communities to challenge nuclear deterrence and abolish nuclear weapons. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, they argue, is the best place for tangible action to change the world’s current trajectory away from annihilation, and towards peace and justice

April 23, 2025

☢️ The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty in a fracturing global landscape

Melissa Parke

Tensions around nuclear weapons and the risk of their use are at a peak. Yet, European leaders are in nuclear proliferation hysteria. Melissa Parke argues that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) offers an alternative path to nuclear deterrence in a fracturing global landscape

April 16, 2025

☢️ The paradox of nuclear politics: peace, progress, peril

Mahmoud Javadi

Mahmoud Javadi examines the paradox of nuclear politics as peacekeepers and existential threats. Exploring disarmament efforts, technological disruptions and global rivalries, he reimagines pathways beyond this precarious balance, towards lasting stability

☢️ How can we protect nuclear facilities?

☢️ A plea from South America for diverse perspectives on nuclear politics

☢️ French nuclear doctrine – stability through motion

☢️ The Global South’s challenge to nuclear colonialism

☢️ Saving arms control in a changing world order

☢️ Saudi Arabia’s nuclear prospects in an era of strategic competition

☢️ Two decades of Iran’s nuclear dilemma

☢️ Disarming deterrence and abolishing nuclear weapons

☢️ The Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty in a fracturing global landscape

☢️ The paradox of nuclear politics: peace, progress, peril

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