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Ending nuclear weapons, before they end us. [PDF]
Zielinski C+1 more
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Staying the Course: Lessons from South Africa for Irreversibility of Nuclear Disarmament [PDF]
To conceptualise irreversibility of nuclear disarmament, it is better to think about nuclear disarmament as a historical process than a historical moment. I apply a path-dependency lens to do so in the case of South Africa.
Joelien Pretorius
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Deep learning small arms recognition
The automated detection, recognition, and identification of small arms through deep learning tools is a recent process that seems to offer interesting possibilities in the field of conventional disarmament.
Theò Bajon
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Proliferation and Use of Improvised Explosive Devices in West Africa
The use and proliferation of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in West Africa has intensified over the past two decades. Until now, the study of these phenomena and their impacts has rarely provided an overview of the status and evolution of IEDs ...
Theò Bajon
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The TPNW in Practice: Elements for Effective National Implementation
In the past, states have underestimated the effort required to implement WMD-related treaties. Yet effective national implementation is a prerequisite to upholding agreements and building confidence in compliance with these treaty regimes.
James Revill+2 more
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The phraseology of international disarmament treaties: the DITTO terminology resource
This study aims at examining the phraseology of international disarmament treaties, through a comparative French-Italian case study, in a complementary perspective with a previous study on the terminology of this domain.
Federica Vezzani+2 more
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An Introduction to Implementing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) is a significant international achievement, although it faces opposition from the nuclear-armed states and some of their allies because it is intended to create impetus for a transition away ...
John Borrie
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Nuclear Threats and Canada’s Disarmament Diplomacy
For the last ten years the Disarmament NGO Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention (CNWC) has conferred a “Distinguished Achievement” award on an individual who has contributed to advancing nuclear disarmament.
Paul Meyer
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The creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus: implications for the education of life scientists [PDF]
The paper contends that the ongoing controversy surrounding the creation of a contagious H5N1 influenza virus has already exposed the severe limitations of the possibility of preventing the hostile misuse of the life sciences by dint of oversight of ...
T. Novossiolova, M. Minehata, M. Dando
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