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Happy
New Year! 2010 will be a crucial year in nonproliferaiton and
disarmament. In May, the five year review conference on the
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) will be held in New York.
The 2010 Review Conference is widely expected to be a tipping point for
the long term viability of the nonproliferation and disarmament
regime. Non nuclear weapons states are expecting nuclear weapons
states to finally comply with their Article VI obligation-to negotiate
in good faith the elimination of their nuclear arsenals. A
delegation of international peace activists will present millions of
signatures at the 2010 NPT Review Conference calling for immediate
negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons. Sign the international petition OR sign the U.S. petition to President Obama. You can also download a printable petition to circulate for more signatures. |
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"A Rare and Significant Achievement"
Kudos
to Holly Lindamood, Daisy Alliance's Program Director for Nuclear
Nonproliferation and Disarmament. Holly just completed her
comprehensive exams for a PhD in Political Science. Holly received a
high pass in two of her concentrations, which, according to her
advisor, is a "rare and significant"
accomplishment. Daisy
Alliance is very proud of Holly and looks forward to many more
years of her contributions towards nuclear nonproliferation and
disarmament on the Daisy Allliance team.
Congratulate Holly |
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News and Opinions
Daisy Alliance Blog
In light of
the upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
scheduled to convene in May, the next several Daisy Alliance
newsletters will be devoted to analyzing the substantive issues that
may present a challenge to achieving consensus. The NPT consists of
three pillars: nonproliferation, disarmament, and peaceful use. This
month's topic, "Disarming the Disarmament Controversy," addresses
the disarmament pillar, an area that has long frustrated policy makers
and been a primary area of disagreement between nuclear weapons states
and non-nuclear weapons states since the first review conference in
1975.
In The News
One
of the more prominent nuclear issues in 2010 is the U.S. Nuclear
Posture Review. Will the U.S. finally decrease their reliance on
nuclear weapons as a policy tool or continue with its same Cold War
attitudes? A recent Arms Control Wonk blog post by Jeffrey Lewis, "Declaratory Policy," reviews the nuclear posture review deliberations and analyzes potential policy outcomes.
Good news in the ongoing Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START 1) extension negotiations. Guy Faulconbridge reports in Reuters India
that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated Tuesday that both
Russia and the U.S. are planning to make unprecedented reductions to
their nuclear arsenals. Negotiators failed to produce an
extension document prior to the expiration of START 1 in
December. This article also discusses some of the technical
issues that have prevented a completed extension treaty.
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Professor
of History at American University in Washington D.C. and director of
the university's Nuclear Studies Institute, Dr. Peter
Kuznick dispels the popular belief that using atomic
bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought about the prompt surrender of
Japan and the early conclusion of World War II, thus
saving hundreds of thousands of lives that would have been
lost in an invasion of Japan. He explains that atomic
bombs neither ended the war nor were necessary to avoid an invasion of
Japan. Dr. Kuznick also talks about the ten part
documentary movie he is making with Oliver Stone, winner of three
Academy Awards. The movie, titled The Secret History of the United States, will be released this year. 