Keywords: Nuclear Disarmament
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AUSTRALIA
- Nicholas Taylor
- 04 June 2010
8 Comments
The negotiation of a nuclear-weapon-free zone is the only
non-proliferation initiative to have been accepted by all Middle East states, including Israel. Why has it taken 30 years?
Because Egypt, Israel and Iran have competing reasons for promoting the idea.
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AUSTRALIA
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 24 February 2010
8 Comments
Australia is committed to nuclear non-proliferation, and the 'Iran problem'
offers a chance for the Government to demonstrate its
commitment to its ally, the US.
This is tricky as Rudd came to office on a wave of
anti-war backlash against Australia's commitment to the
Iraq war.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 07 January 2010
8 Comments
In his World Day of Peace statement
for 2010, the Pope again highlights the urgency of responding to
climate change. Pope Benedict has had major problems in communicating this message, notably a lack of journalistic expertise to make his documents more readable.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 18 December 2009
3 Comments
At conferences like this, an atmosphere of crisis is necessary for final deals to be achieved. Kevin Rudd will not want to define the summit as a failure so, hopefully, his notorious 5 per cent emissions reduction target will be left behind.
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AUSTRALIA
- Tony Kevin
- 14 October 2009
16 Comments
The Republican Right's claim that Obama has yet to achieve anything is
a smokescreen for their rage, for Obama got this
award precisely because he is 'not Bush'. To speak a credible language of moral inspiration and hope to the world is an achievement in itself.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 02 April 2009
7 Comments
In his forthcoming response to the global financial crisis, Pope Benedict does not have to reinvent the wheel. Catholic social
writings have long insisted that economics must be directed to serve
the good of everyone, not just the rich.
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 19 June 2008
2 Comments
Continuing the work of the defunct Canberra Commission, Kevin Rudd's Nuclear Non-Proliferations and Disarmament Commission is re-inventing a wheel that never worked. Preventing freelance scientists from following their career wanderlust is the real challenge in any post-nuclear framework.
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AUSTRALIA
- Marko Beljac
- 16 June 2008
A new Bush Administration policy opens the door to proportionate nuclear strikes against states that transfer fissile material to terrorists — even if the material is stolen, not knowingly leaked. Such a 'negligence doctrine' increases the chance of inadvertent nuclear war.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Langmore
- 18 February 2008
3 Comments
Most Australians no longer think about the nuclear threat. Yet the editors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said in January 2007 that the minute hand of the 'Doomsday Clock' had moved from seven to five minutes to midnight. Australia has a vital role in the global survival strategy.
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AUSTRALIA
- Bill Williams
- 30 October 2006
6 Comments
Western nations are tightening the noose around Iran’s neck for its nuclear recalcitrance. Meanwhile, Israel lashes out at guerrilla forces embedded in civilian populations in Lebanon, electing not to use its unacknowledged nuclear weaponry, on this occasion.
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RELIGION
- Bruce Duncan
- 07 July 2006
The history, the current circumstances
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AUSTRALIA
- Gavan McCormack
- 04 July 2006
Encouraging the North–South relationship offers the best hope for North Korea and the world
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