Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty

Iran: All Options on the Table?

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Iran, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, International Security, Middle East, War, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Israel, Nuclear, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Program, World News
Jonathan Granoff

As the drumbeats for war on Iran increase, we who espouse effective, security-enhancing, non-military conflict resolution options must not be similarly ignored. It is time that our leaders and our media also put these options on the table.

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How Romney's Evil Iran, Congress's Crippling Sanctions and Obama's Unexhausted Diplomacy Are Taking Us to War

Michael Shank | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Pakistan, Mitt Romney, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iraq, Oil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Saudi Arabia, Israel, India, Nuclear Diplomacy, World News
Michael Shank

Evil is back. Mitt Romney resurrected President George W. Bush-era evil finger pointing towards Tehran. Evil is something morally reprehensible, sinful, or wicked, but does Iran fit the bill?

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Attacking Iran Is Illegal

Liaquat Ali Khan | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Preemptive War, Iran Attack, Just War, Iran War, Iran War Hype, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, International Law, Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, U.N. Charter, Israel Iran, World News
Liaquat Ali Khan

There are two distinct reasons why an armed attack on Iran is illegal under international law, whether the attacker is Israel or the United States.

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Don't Like Nuclear Proliferation? Ban the Bomb.

Rajan Menon | Posted 04.14.2012

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Rajan Menon

The campaign to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear arms brings to mind a doctor who focuses on the symptoms while overlooking the disease. If Tehran is indeed building the bomb, it quest is a particular manifestation of a larger problem: nuclear proliferation.

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Blacks and Jews: Somehow They Always Go Together

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ed Koch

What should President Obama do to try to restore trust between the U.S. and Israel, and to try to regain some confidence among American Christian and Jewish supporters of Israel? He should visit Israel.

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Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Why ICC Ratification Could Help Ease Tensions and Avert War

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Kissinger, War With Iran, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ICC Ratification, President Obama, US-Iran Relations, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iranian Elections, Iran; ICC; Nuclear; Obama; IAEA; Mousavi, Iran-Iraq War, International Atomic Energy Agency, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979 Revolution, Rome Statute, Global Brief, Iran's Nuclear Program, Unnecessary-War-With-Iran, Benjamin Disraeli, Fereiydoun Hoveyda, Iran Nuclear Program, Cyrus Cylinder, Israel Iran, International Criminal Court, Islamic Law, Convention on the Rights of the Child, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve.

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The Case for Attacking Iran's Nukes

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

Some have argued that the Cold War-era mutual assured destruction doctrine would contain Iran. That is a big assumption -- specially in light of the Iranian regime's ideology.

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Michael Douglas and Yoko Ono Support Mayor Akiba and Nuclear Disarmament at John Catsimatidis' Fifth Avenue Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Mayors for Peace, headed by the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, got a boost this week during the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferat...

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Mideast In Focus At Nuclear Nonproliferation Conference

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — The Middle East, that timeless tinderbox at the core of so much in world affairs, looms as a battleground in the U.N.'s meeting...

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Nuclear Theology

William Vendley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference, William Vendley, Non-Proliferation Conference, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Mustafa Ceri?, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference, Michael Kinnamon, Nuclear Theology, William F. Vendley, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Non-Proliferation Review Conference, Religions for Peace, Religion News
William Vendley, Ph.D.

It is time to balance power with morality. We must begin by committing to the goals of the NPT. By doing so, we will foster the kind of global responsibility that can help us -- God willing -- to address the other self-made crises of our time.

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Groundbreaking Speech by Ban Ki-moon on Eve of NPT Review

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

In a Huffington Post exclusive, Peace Action organizers of the "Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World" Conference at Riverside Church -- ...

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"The Grand Bargain of the NPT"

Tad Daley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tad Daley

In May 2010, both diplomats and nongovernmental leaders are gathering at the UN in New York for the 40 Year Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference -- as mandated by the treaty itself -- to assess how the various parties are complying with the various obligations they undertook four long decades ago.

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Past and Present

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Disarmament, United Nations, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, United States, NPT Review Conference, Cold War, Soviet Union, World News
Lawrence Wittner

Since the non-proliferation treaty took effect in 1970, almost all nuclear nations stopped building nuclear weapons. But even so, they've resisted honoring their full obligations under the NPT.

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Robert Gates: U.S. Lacks Policy To Curb Iran's Nuclear Drive

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A memo from Defense Secretary Robert Gates to the White House warned that the United States lacks a nimble long-term plan for deali...

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What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Action, Mass Media, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Ban Ki-Moon, Nuclear Abolition, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, NPT Review Conference, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, New Start Treaty, Nuclear-Weapons-Free-World, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

On May 2, a mass nuclear abolition rally and march swept through New York City, from Times Square to Dag Hammarskjold Plaza at the United Nations.

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Netanyahu Cancels Trip To Washington For Obama's Nuclear Summit

AP | Mark Lavie | Posted 05.25.2011

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JERUSALEM (AP)-- Israel's Prime Minister called off his trip to Washington next week to attend a conference on the spread of nuclear weapons, official...

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Why Evangelicals Should Join the Fight Against Nuclear Proliferation

Tri Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tri Robinson

The Cold War has ended and times have changed -- the possession of nuclear weapons ultimately is detrimental to our country's security, not a deterrent to threats.

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Nuclear Terrorism: How It Can Be Prevented

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Fissile Materials, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Terrorism, Airliner Terrorism, World News
Lawrence Wittner

The ongoing danger of nuclear terrorism provides yet another reason to rid the world of fissile material and its final, terrible product: nuclear weapons. Let's not forget that.

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The Wellspring of a New, Clear Nuclear Vision

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Think Tanks, Nuclear Weapons, Back Channel, Disarmament, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, Non-Proliferation, Proliferation, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Madrona Institute, World News
Russ Wellen

The field of nuclear weapons has long needed fresh perspectives. For decades there was deterrence, and then disarmament. Finally, there is a group with potential to break new ground.

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Iran and Afghanistan: The World's Most Dangerous Neighborhoods

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Afghanistan, United Natons, G-20, Britain, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Diane Francis

No matter what edicts are imposed by this united front -- to curb salaries, fraud or jurisdictional divisions -- there can be no long-term economic stability without world peace.

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U.N. Security Council Calls For Nuclear Disarmament

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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UNITED NATIONS — With President Barack Obama presiding, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy aimed at ...

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I'm Scared, Ma

James Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Cold War, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Non-Proliferation, Politics News
James Moore

A new nuclear fear grows in the hubris of our adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan and is compounded even further by some of our allies. Non-proliferation is not sufficient; complete disarmament is required.

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Obama's Muslim Engagement

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Islam, University of Cairo, African American President, Morocco, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Palestine, Michael Fauntroy, Joe Biden, Palestinians, President Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Muslims, Middle East, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Hosni Mubarak, Obama Mideast Trip, Cairo Speech, World News
Michael Fauntroy

To be the first African-American president with a heritage that includes Islam gives him Obama legitimacy than any other president to make this speech.

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123 Agreement for Nuclear Energy in the UAE: An Unprecedented and Responsible Step

Thomas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 123 Agreement, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Non-Proliferation, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Uae, World News
Thomas Graham

This agreement is significant because it codifies unprecedented steps the UAE is taking to prevent proliferation. It also enables the US to send an important message to the region.

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Nuclear Weapons Breakthrough -- Obama & Medvedev Make Fresh START

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, London, Russia, Strategic-Arms-Reduction-Treaty, Nuclear Weapons, President Obama, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, United States, Start, Cold War, g20, Dmitri Medvedev, Politics News
Steven Crandell

Every nuclear weapon that is dismantled through such diplomacy is a victory for reason and compassion.

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