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*Beyond Nuclear Non-Proliferation*
Strengthening Awareness of the Need for a Nuclear Weapons Free World
with articles published in June 2016





Ratifications of Test Ban Treaty Still a Nuclear Fantasy
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Analysis by Rodney Reynolds

UNITED NATIONS (IDN) - There has been widespread speculation – both inside
and outside the United Nations -- that Israel may be toying with the idea
of ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), perhaps
within the next five years.

But is this in the realm of political reality or nuclear fantasy?

The speculation was triggered following a three-day visit to Israel by Dr
Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
Treaty Organization (CTBTO
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who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 20. [P12]
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Bangladesh Opting for Peace Rather Than Nuclear Arms
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Analysis by Naimul Haq

DHAKA, Bangladesh (IDN) – Despite increasing global threats of nuclear
attacks, Bangladesh – surrounded by nations possessing nuclear arms – is
opting to remain a peaceful nation rather than join the nuclear club.

Endorsing the political will to pursue global peace and comply with
international nuclear peace treaties, national security experts say that
although the Cold War has ended potential for nuclear strikes is still
alive. [P11]
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The Worst Acts of the Nuclear Age
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Viewpoint by David Krieger *

SANTA BARBARA | USA (IDN)* - *The ten worst acts of the Nuclear Age
described below have set the tone for our time. They have caused immense
death and suffering; been tremendously expensive; have encouraged nuclear
proliferation; have opened the door to nuclear terrorism, nuclear accidents
and nuclear war; and are leading the world back into a second Cold War.

These “ten worst acts” are important information for anyone attempting to
understand the time in which we live, and how the nuclear dangers that
confront us have been intensified by the leadership and policy choices made
by the United States and the other eight nuclear-armed countries.
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New Data Dampens Hope of a Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons
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Analysis by Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN (IDN) - While campaigners for a world free of nuclear weapons are
confident that “a ban is coming
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the annual nuclear forces data
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launched by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on
June 13 gives little hope for optimism.

“Despite the ongoing reduction in the number of weapons, the prospects for
genuine progress towards nuclear disarmament remain gloomy,” says Shannon
Kile, Head of the SIPRI Nuclear Weapons Project. “All the nuclear
weapon-possessing states continue to prioritize nuclear deterrence as the
cornerstone of their national security strategies.” [P09] JAPANESE TEXT
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If Provoked, U.S. Public Likely to Support Nuclear Attack
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Analysis by Rodney Reynolds

NEW YORK (IDN) - When President Barack Obama made a historic visit on May
27 to Hiroshima – where a U.S. nuclear attack on Japan in 1945 resulted in
over 200,000 casualties* – he offered no apologies for the human
devastation nor provided any justification for the first and only use of
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Eight States Blocking a Global Legal Ban on Nuclear Testing
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Analysis by Jamshed Baruah

BERLIN | VIENNA (IDN) - When will the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT) enter into force and become international law? This was the question
on the minds of senior officials from around the world who had gathered in
Vienna on June 13 to mark the 20th anniversary of the treaty, which is
crucial to ushering in a world free of nuclear weapons.
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Kazakhstan’s Election to Security Council Profoundly Historic
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Analysis by Ramesh Jaura

BERLIN | NEW YORK (IDN) – The election of Kazakhstan as a non-permanent
member of the Security Council has not come as a surprise to observers who
have been witness to bold initiatives that this country in Central Asia has
launched for the achievement of a nuclear-weapon-free world and sustainable
development.

Yet the June 28 vote in favour of Kazakhstan, the world's largest
landlocked country, is profoundly historic. The Central Asian state bagged
138 votes in the 193-member UN General Assembly – more than the two-thirds
majority of the voting member states required to win the seat on the
Council.
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A 70-year-old Plan Could Avert Another Nuclear Arms Race
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Analysis by Bennett Ramberg*

LOS ANGELES (INPS-IDN | Yale Global
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- Seventy years ago in June the United States placed on the global agenda a
proposal that would have eliminated nuclear weapons for all time. Drawing
on the US State Department’s Acheson-Lilienthal scientific advisory study,
the Truman administration turned to the long-time confidant of presidents,
Bernard Baruch, to craft a proposal for global action.

In June 1946, Baruch appeared before the newly constituted UN Atomic Energy
Commission
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(UNAEC) to present the nuclear abolition plan that would come to bear his
name. He called for establishment of an International Atomic Development
Authority that would retain “managerial control or ownership of all atomic
energy potentially dangerous to world security,” eliminate weapons
manufacturing and dispose of all existing bombs while asserting “power to
control, inspect, license all other atomic activities” coupled with assured
enforcement.
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