Australia should support no-first-use and reject nuclear first strike options, say disarmament groups and a parliamentary motion
Australia, a nuclear ally of the United States, should support the adoption of no-first-use (NFU) policies by the US and other nuclear-weapon states, and reject US options to start a nuclear war – including for the defense of Australia – according to representatives of a number of disarmament organisations that have endorsed a joint letter […]
United States experts call on Japan not to oppose a US no-first-use policy
On August 9, the 76th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki, 5 United States organizations and 21 United States nuclear weapons policy experts sent a letter to Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and leaders of the main Japanese political parties, calling on Japan not to oppose a possible move by the United States to […]
US-Russia Strategic Stability Dialogue begins in Geneva
On July 28, senior officials and diplomats from the United States and Russia held the first meeting in Geneva for the ‘integrated bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue’ which was agreed by Presidents Biden and Putin at their Summit Meeting on June 16. Presidents Biden and Putin affirmed in the joint statement on June 16 that ‘a […]
US Congress members: Nuclear Posture Review should affirm a policy of no-first-use
Members of the US Congress Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group sent a joint letter to President Biden on July 22 calling on the President to ensure that the Nuclear Posture Review which is currently being undertaken by the Department of Defence (DoD), establish a reduced role for nuclear weapons in US security and […]
Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping reaffirm Russia/China mutual no-first-use pledge
In a video meeting held on Monday June 28, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin extended the China/Russia Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation, and reaffirmed a mutual commitment in the Treaty not to use nuclear weapons first against each other, nor to target each other’s strategic nuclear missiles.
US-Russia Summit advances key points in international Open Letter
At their Summit Meeting in Geneva on June 16, President’s Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin adopted a U.S.-Russia Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability in which they reaffirmed ‘the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’ and announced that they will embark together on an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability […]
A ‘wind of change’ could move states never to initiate a nuclear war
By Carlo Trezza, Member of the European Leadership Network.* For decades the issue of a commitment by nuclear armed states not to be first users of nuclear weapons in a conflict has been a subject of discussion in international fora dealing with security and arms control. If adopted by all nuclear weapons states, the concept […]
Presidents Biden and Putin urged to consider nuclear no-first-use policy at upcoming Geneva Summit
In an Open Letter released today, US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are urged to use the opportunity of their June 16 Summit in Switzerland to reduce tensions between the two countries and lower the risks of a nuclear exchange by making a ‘joint commitment that their nations will not use nuclear […]