nuclear proliferation Articles

The UK’s nuclear deterrent will always be a controversial issue for the country and its politicians. That is understandable: the prospect of nuclear holocaust is so grotesque that many simply will not countenance their taxes being spent on a system that could – even...

The 24 November deadline for reaching a comprehensive and unified deal that limits Iran’s nuclear programme is now less than a week away. Scepticism about Iran’s motives and intentions for these negotiations is hardly surprising given its links to terrorist...

Would the world be safer if lawyers were in charge? Geoffrey Robertson seems to think so. In this thought-provoking read, the QC offers a means to achieve a nuclear-free world: by reforming international legal architecture and abolishing atomic weapons completely. His...

Though there will be some tensions between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US president Barack Obama when they meet on Iran today, they have a shared interest in projecting a common determination to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons. Iran’s assessment of...