The American envoy to the United Nations called Friday for countries armed with atomic weapons to pursue nuclear disarmament as she visited the atomic bomb museum in Nagasaki, Japan.
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“Congress should reject the RECA extension bill and focus its attention on existing legislation passed by the Senate that would protect and strengthen RECA,” writes Kyle Ann Sebastian.
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'While negotiating between member states can prove challenging in a conflict, alternative approaches and even partial achievements can still contribute to nuclear security,' writes Ali Alkis.
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The U.S., South Korea and Japan are pushing for a new multi-national panel of experts to ensure sanctions enforcement against North Korea after Russia and China thwarted monitoring activities at the world body.
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The House has 21 legislative days left as of Wednesday to pass legislation to reauthorize the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA and expand it to include victims in other states.
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“Direct engagement by US diplomats with their Chinese counterparts could serve as a platform for defusing these tensions and constructively discussing contentious issues,” writes Narayani Sritharan.
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“A central argument thus far has been that saving soldiers’ lives outweighs the risks associated with autonomous weapons. Policymakers need to know that soldiers themselves don’t buy this argument,” writes Catherine Sarkis.
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“As AI boosts our ability to engineer biology, we will need guardrails in place,” writes Eric Schmidt.
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The United States and its allies are discussing options “both inside and outside the U.N. system” to create a new mechanism for monitoring North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, the American ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday.
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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations urged Russia and China on Tuesday to reverse course, and stop rewarding North Korea's bad behavior and shielding it from sanctions evading activities over its weapons programs.
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The U.S. and its allies are looking for new ways to enforce sanctions against North Korea, Washington's envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, amid concerns Pyongyang may now be more emboldened to advance its weapons program.
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The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia discussed Middle East developments, the South China Sea and Taiwan issues with Chinese counterparts in Beijing, the State Department said on Monday.
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The Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration are offering up land where nuclear weapons were tested for decades — and solar developers are lining up for a chance to build renewable energy projects on these sites.
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“In the increasingly endangered world of nuclear diplomacy, discussions on one treaty can still set the table for another,” writes W.J. Hennigan.
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Safety at the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine remains precarious but the shift to a cold shutdown of all six reactor units is positive, the IAEA chief said in a statement.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, U.S. President Joe Biden and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. unveiled a wide range of agreements to enhance security and economic ties during meetings held at the White House this week.
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South Korea, Japan and the United States staged long-planned joint naval exercises involving an American aircraft carrier to ensure readiness against nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, Seoul's navy said on Friday.
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South Korea and the United States on Friday reaffirmed a plan to hold a discussion-based exercise simulating North Korea's use of a nuclear weapon as part of efforts to strengthen their joint response to Pyongyang's nuclear threats.
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“Just a few months ago, Los Alamos National Laboratory finally declassified the Football’s origin story,' writes Annie Jacobsen. 'It goes like this...”
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“The American public should arguably play the most important role in nuclear issues, by demanding attention to the threat of nuclear war with the same vigor it demands, rightfully, action on climate change,' writes the Boston Globe's Editorial Board.
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