Forward Defence, Hamas‐Hezbollah War With Israel and Iran's Path to Nuclear Bombs
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the wake of the Hamas–Hezbollah war with Israel following the 7 October 2023, the Iran–Israel shadow war escalated into direct military conflict. While addressing the characteristics of Iran's deterrence strategy, the present contribution argues that in case of escalation in the Middle East region, the so‐called ‘forward defence’ doctrine ...
Mohammad Eslami, Christian Kaunert
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Quantitative Imaging and Automated Fuel Pin Identification for Passive Gamma Emission Tomography [PDF]
, 2020 Compliance of member States to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is monitored through nuclear safeguards. The Passive Gamma Emission Tomography system is a novel instrument developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for the verification of spent nuclear fuel stored in water pools.
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Where Was Canada? Our country was missing when more than 100 nations drew up and voted for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons [PDF]
, 2017 In July 2017, the United Nations adopted a historic treaty to ban nuclear weapons, with 122 countries voting in favor. However, none of the nuclear-armed states, including the U.S. and Russia, participated.
Simpson, Erika
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European Law Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Donald Trump's re‐election as President of the United States and Russia's aggression of Ukraine pose unprecedented challenges to transatlantic relations and European security. The EU as it is is unprepared to take care of its defence. This article explores how the law can be activated creatively to achieve defence integration in Europe and ...
Federico Fabbrini
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Nuclear Weapons and Adversarial Politics: Bursting the Abolitionist “Consensus”
Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2021 How will the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) shape the broader pursuit of nuclear abolition? TPNW critics have argued that the new agreement is likely to fuel divisions between nuclear and non-nuclear-weapon sates, undermining ...
Kjølv Egeland
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Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 Nuclear disarmament, including the elimination of all nuclear weapons and related development programmes, has been a central goal of the international community for decades.
Aid, Norwegian People\u27s
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Environmental Just Wars: Jus ad Bellum and the Natural Environment
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT War is bad for the environment, yet the environmental ramifications of warfare have not been widely addressed by just war theorists and revisionist philosophers of war. The law and legal scholars have paid more attention to protecting nature during armed conflict.
Tamar Meisels
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International cooperation and competition in orbit-use management [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Orbit-use management efforts can be structured as binding national regulatory policies or as self-enforcing international treaties. New treaties to control space debris growth appear unlikely in the near future. Spacefaring nations can pursue national regulatory policies, though regulatory competition and open access to orbit make their effectiveness ...
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Nuclear Jungle closes in: Trump’s intention to end the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty is alarming, but it’s not the only sign of a global arms race [PDF]
, 2018 The article discusses the alarming intention of U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signaling a new global arms race. This move, along with the abandonment of the nuclear agreement with Iran, marks a
Simpson, Erika
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NATO’s Nuclear Strategy Post Russia’s Ukraine Attack: Shaping Global Nonproliferation Talks [PDF]
This document examines NATO\u27s nuclear strategy in the wake of Russia\u27s invasion of Ukraine, exploring the implications for global security and nuclear nonproliferation.
Simpson, Erika
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