Beatrice Fihn of ICAN makes the case that the humanitarian initiative remains the best method to stigmatise and eventually move towards a legal ban of nuclear weapons. The 2015 NPT Review Conference is an ideal forum to build on recent success.
Former head of the IAEA and world renowned expert on nuclear issues Dr Hans Blix offers his unique perspective on the Iranian nuclear deal announced in Lausanne. Dr Blix outlines the difficulties still to come and the impact of this deal on wider disarmament and non-proliferation efforts ahead of the upcoming NPT Review Conference.
Rachel Staley argues that if serious progress is not made at the meeting of the five recognised nuclear states in London on 4 February such meetings will gradually be viewed as redundant and sink into irrelevance, thus shutting down a vital multilateral nuclear dialogue.
Hugh Chalmers argues that the P5 Process should focus on promoting, coordinating, and discussing workable partnerships between pairs or groups of nuclear weapons states, instead of trying to prepare consensus-based lowest-common-denominator products.
Sir Richard Dalton, former British Ambassador to Iran, offers his thoughts on what’s next for the Iranian nuclear negotiations, outlining the difficulties and oportunities ahead for the UNP5+1.
Dan Plesch argues that regional events make a US – Iranian detente more likely, but this will not solve the inherent instability of the middle east.