Posted on January 25, 2019. Tags: disarmament, INF Treaty, nuclear deal, Nuclear Weapons, President Trump, Putin, Russia, Soviet Union, Trump administration, United States
There is every reason to believe that Russia will not come back into compliance with the INF Treaty, thus setting the stage for a US withdrawal from the landmark agreement. The demise of the INF Treaty would jeopardize ‘New START’, one of the last remaining pillars of the arms control regime. Although the agreement expires […]
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Posted on March 25, 2017. Tags: disarmament, Ian Paisley, IRA, Ireland, Irish Republican Army, Martin McGuinness, Nationalism, Nelson Mandela, Northern Ireland, Sinn Fein, Terrorism
With the death of Martin McGuinness, the former Provisional IRA senior commander turned peace-maker and Deputy First Minister, one is struck that such a transition was simultaneously, impressive and outrageous. I had the opportunity of meeting McGuinness last January when I interviewed him. I was struck by his warmth and generosity in taking time out […]
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Posted in Conflict, Europe, Security Issues, Terrorism, UK News, World
Posted on February 1, 2015. Tags: Colombia, disarmament, FARC, Guerrillas, Latin America, Peace Process, Rebel Fighters, Reintegration Strategies
Colombia has endured more than five decades of civil discord. Peace negotiations between FARC representatives and the Colombian State have, though, been ongoing since 2012 as the country attempts to realise a future of security and peace. Yet it is the massive human toll that is perhaps the most potent issue to arise from this […]
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Posted in Conflict, Drugs, Security Issues, World
Posted on June 24, 2016. Tags: Central African Republic, disarmament, DRC, LRA, Uganda
In 2012 a 30 minute documentary about a rebel leader in Uganda set the internet alight. KONY 2012 brought to the public view the gruesome activities of Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and his kidnapping of young children. While the campaign itself was short lived, the Bush and later Obama administrations had already pledged […]
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Posted in Africa, Conflict, UN, World
Posted on August 14, 2010. Tags: China, David Cameron, disarmament, Eisenhower, Hiroshima, Japan, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Trident, World War Two
The futility and danger of nuclear weapons in the post-9/11 world is indisputable The 2003 Oscar-Winning documentary The Fog of War, containing Robert McNamara’s post-Vietnam mea culpa, also highlighted one of the former US Defence Secretary’s greatest concerns – nuclear weapons. “The indefinite combination of human fallibility and nuclear weapons will destroy nations,” McNamara maintained. […]
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Posted in Russia, Security Issues, US, World