The war in Ukraine has brought renewed attention to laws surrounding the use of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), including banned ones. Amid concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin might unleash WMDs on Ukraine if he keeps losing the advantage in the war, arms control treaties have been thrown back in the limelight.
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On January 30, North Korea launched what is thought to be the country’s longest-range missile tested since 2017, according to BBC News. states that the missile launched at a high trajectory with the apparent goal to avoid their neighbor’s territorial space, reaching a maximum altitude of 2,000 kilometers and traveling 800 kilometers.
Read moreThe United States announced that it has resumed indirect negotiations with Iran over its nuclear weapons program. While Reuters reports that the first week of talks in Vienna, Austria closed on a positive note, there is still much work to be done to establish a peaceful consensus.
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With only two days remaining before its expiry date, the Biden administration officially extended the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and the Russian Federation.
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If the conference wants to talk about nuclear security, a state that abandoned such weapons of devastating power to be picked up by the highest bidder must be included if any sense of security is to be achieved.
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The threats of war from the DPRK should only ever receive laughs for the jokes they are.
Read moreOn August 18, Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) firmly stated that he would vote against the Iran deal in the Senate. The School of Diplomacy and International Relations hosted the senator’s televised foreign policy address at Seton Hall University.
Read moreBy Abby Shamray Editor-in-Chief The nuclear talks between the United States (and negotiating partners Britain, China, France, Germany, and Russia)
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