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July 18, 2022

How Much Damage Have Putin's Threats Done to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime?

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it’s fair to say, has already profoundly shaped the global discourse on nuclear weapons. In the deliberations at the...

Ramesh Thakur • The Strategist (ASPI)

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October 2, 2020

A Nuclear World in Disarray

We are in a uniquely dangerous period in the atomic age. Geopolitical tensions have spiked in Europe, in the Middle East, on the subcontinent and in...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Towards a Multilateral Arrangement for Controlling Nuclear Weapons

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was signed by U. S.

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

Syria a Symptom of a Broken International Order

Last Saturday U. S.

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

Military Strategy

October 2, 2020

The Bomb for Australia? (Part 2)

As we consider whether Australia should obtain nuclear weapons, we need to ask who might subject us to nuclear blackmail. In the authoritative...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

The Bomb for Australia?

In this three-part series, I examine the counter-arguments that proponents of Australia obtaining nuclear weapons need to address before the nation...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

The UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Historic on Five Counts

Nuclear weapons are the ultimate weapons of war and therefore the ultimate weapons to prevent and avoid war. This two-axis struggle is captured in...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

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October 2, 2020

Nuclear Norms and the UN Ban Treaty

On 7 July, 122 states voted to adopt a new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons . It articulates the world’s collective revulsion at the...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense

Iran

October 2, 2020

Trump May Have Just Relit the Iran Nuclear Fuse

On Friday, President Donald Trump refused to recertify the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. In a vituperative speech denouncing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearDefense
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Military Strategy

October 3, 2020

A No First Use Policy Reduces the Risk of Nuclear War

Speculation is rife in Washington that President Barack Obama may announce several key changes to US nuclear policy in his final address to the UN...

Ramesh Thakur • RealClearPolitics

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