Tag: disarmament
Joseph Cirincione: “North Korea’s missile technology is world class”
Tokyo North Korea fired a medium-range missile over Japan in October. Then leader Kim Jong Un tested two long-range cruise missiles, which North Korea says can be equipped with nuclear…
North Korea tests cruise missiles for tactical nuclear weapons
missile tests North Korea continues its series of recent missile tests. (Photo: AP) Seoul North Korea says it has tested missiles again. Prime Minister Kim Jong Un has overseen the…
Does this threaten the European security order?
The author Wolfgang Ischinger is a former ambassador to Washington and was head of the Munich Security Conference. (Photo: Klawe Rzezcy) According to media reports, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has…
How high is the risk of a nuclear attack by Russia?
Russia’s President Putin “The world has been on the brink a few times.” (Photo: dpa) Geneva How big is the nuclear threat from Russia really? As director of the Nuclear…
North Korea launches two more ballistic missiles
North Korea South Koreans follow the news from the neighboring country. (Photo: dpa) Seoul North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles at sea off the east coast on Saturday. According…
Russia blocks final document on UN nuclear weapons conference
United Nations in New York The treaty, which came into force in 1970, has so far been ratified by 191 countries. (Photo: AP) new York Due to a blockade by…
North Korea prepares for first nuclear test since 2017
North Korea fired several short-range missiles Despite the ban by UN resolutions, North Korea has repeatedly tested potentially nuclear-capable missiles in the past. (Photo: dpa) North Korea is preparing for…
UN chief warns of greatest nuclear threat since Cold War
new York In view of numerous crises worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of the increasing risk of nuclear annihilation. The world is in a “time of nuclear danger…
UN chief warns of greatest nuclear threat since Cold War
Antonio Guterres The UN chief sees geopolitical tensions at a new high. (Photo: AP) new York In view of numerous crises worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of the…
UN chief warns of greatest nuclear threat since Cold War
Antonio Guterres The UN chief sees geopolitical tensions at a new high. (Photo: AP) new York In view of numerous crises worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned of the…
Baerbock fights for nuclear disarmament in New York
In the next four weeks, New York will be dealing with a question that could decide the security of the world’s population in an emergency: How can the use of…
Foreign Minister Baerbock wants unconditional disarmament
In the next four weeks, New York will be dealing with a question that could decide the security of the world’s population in an emergency: How can the use of…
The new fear of the bomb
Geneva It’s a small anniversary, but the mood is gloomy: while the 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty begins in New York on Monday, nuclear power Russia is…
Expert advises against permanent isolation of the nuclear power
Russian ICBM Russia has repeatedly threatened to use its nuclear weapons. (Photo: AP) Berlin According to the Tübingen conflict researcher Andreas Hasenclever, the western states cannot avoid dialogue with Russia…
Expert advises against permanent isolation of the nuclear power
Russian ICBM Russia has repeatedly threatened to use its nuclear weapons. (Photo: AP) Berlin According to the Tübingen conflict researcher Andreas Hasenclever, the western states cannot avoid dialogue with Russia…
Russia threatens nuclear weapons in the Baltic Sea region
Dmitry Medvedev (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Berlin If Finland and Sweden join NATO, Russia threatens to station nuclear weapons on the Baltic border and to significantly increase Russian troops in the…
Russia threatens nuclear weapons in the Baltic Sea region
Dmitry Medvedev (Photo: imago images/ITAR-TASS) Berlin If Finland and Sweden join NATO, Russia threatens to station nuclear weapons on the Baltic border and to significantly increase Russian troops in the…
With Putin into a new era of the nuclear arms race
Military parade in Moscow Russia has ICBMs with nuclear warheads. This allows the country to attack the United States directly. (Photo: dpa) Geneva Monday, January 3, 2022: “We reaffirm that…
With Putin into a new era of the nuclear arms race
Geneva Monday, January 3, 2022: “We reaffirm that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be waged,” write the five official nuclear-armed powers in unison. They present a…
Missile test: North Korea tests suspected ICBMs
Missile test newscast The rocket probably reached a height of up to 6000 kilometers after the start in the direction of the sea. (Photo: dpa) Seoul North Korea has allegedly…