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First Committee at the United Nations, New York
First Committee at the United Nations, New York Vanessa Canola Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Breaking the impasse in the disarmament apparatus (through SSOD-IV) is needed…
Taiwan Strait Military Balance 2.0
Taiwan Strait Military Balance James Luk Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Hugo Bainbridge graphic designer, SCRAP Weapons According to the World Military Expenditure report, China’s military…
Newsletter August 2023
Newsletter August 2023 Revisiting Disarmament and Arms Control: Progress or Regression? – A Geneva Security Debate What are the challenges and opportunities to the disarmament…
The Disarmament Agenda Is Seriously Stalled. The General Assembly Can Revive It.
The Disarmament Agenda Is Seriously Stalled. The General Assembly Can Revive It. Eloisa Romain Project Coordinator, SCRAP Weapons Zahraa Kapasi Consultant, SCRAP Weapons This article…
Newsletter July 2023
Newsletter July 2023 NEW AGENDA FOR PEACE CALLS FOR THE CONVENING OF A SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT On July 18th, UN Secretary General, António Guterres,…
United Nations wants to resurrect a global disarmament mechanism last used in the 1980s
United Nations wants to resurrect a global disarmament mechanism last used in the 1980s Zahraa Kapasi Consultant, SCRAP Weapons Eloisa Romain Project Coordinator, SCRAP Weapons…
Newsletter June 2023
Newsletter June 2023 It has been a busy summer in the world of disarmament, and for SCRAP Weapons, as we continue campaigning for the activation…
The Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit
Hiroshima G7 Youth Summit Vanessa Canola Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons James Luk Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons SCRAP Weapons Project Assistants Vanessa Canola and James Luk…
Newsletter April 2023
Newsletter April 2023 April was a busy month here at SCRAP Weapons! Having carried out a round of successful consultations and discussions in Brussels, Geneva, London, New…
The Disarming of Iraq: What went wrong and what went right
The Disarming of Iraq: What went wrong and what went right Henrietta Wilson Senior Analyst, SCRAP Weapons On the night of Sept. 25, 1991, Chief…
Newsletter March 2023
Newsletter March 2023 With a successful hybrid conference, the launch of our podcast series, and publishing multiple opinion pieces on topics ranging from the military…
TICK TOCK on the Doomsday Clock
TICK TOCK on the Doomsday Clock Monalisa Hazarika Project assistant, SCRAP Weapons Former Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s ever-so-relevant words “The world is over-armed and peace…
Taiwan Strait Military Balance
Taiwan Strait Military Balance Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons James Luk Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Hugo Bainbridge graphic designer, SCRAP Weapons The recent U.S.-China…
Russia pulls out of New START nuclear treaty
Russia pulls out of New START nuclear treaty- we’ve already seen how such agreements have limited aggression against Ukraine Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons…
Pathway to Vishwa Guru: India and the G20
Pathway to Vishwa Guru: India and the G20 Monalisa Hazarika Project assistant, SCRAP Weapons The G20 grouping is one of the most influential intergovernmental forums…
Zero Missiles: building on the precedent that helps Ukraine today
Zero Missiles: building on the precedent that helps Ukraine today Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons This article was originally published on europeanleadershipnetwork.org on 21st October…
The New Cold War and the Future of Disarmament
The New Cold and the Future of Disarmament Rhys Bowden Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons The final webinar in SCRAP’s The New Cold War series witnessed…
The China-US Media War and its Impact on the Global Disarmament Campaign
The China-US Media War and its Impact on the Global Disarmament Campaign Jack Cinamon Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons In recent years, public opinion of China…
Securing Outer Space: Emerging Threats in the New Space Race
Securing Outer Space: Emerging Threats in the New Space Race Gemma Sabatini Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Since the Cold War and its aftermath, countries have…
The Big Bang: The Evolution of US-China Nuclear Relations
The Big Bang: The Evolution of US-China Nuclear Relations Jessica Henn Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons Historical Overview of Sino-American Tensions The US and China have…
China, North Korea and Nuclear Treaties
China, North Korea & Nuclear Weapons Ben Goldman Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons This essay was originally submitted to the Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021. Nuclear…
Communicating Peace
Communicating Peace Philip Chennery Project Assistant, SCRAP Weapons This essay was originally submitted to the Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021, being awarded the Ministry of…
Three Decades On, Here’s What We’ve Learned About the Effectiveness of UN Weapons Inspections in Iraq
Three Decades On, Here’s What We’ve Learned About the Effectiveness of UN Weapons Inspections in Iraq Henrietta Wilson Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons This…
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Verification
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Verification: What We’ve Got, What’s Needed, and Can Open Source Research Help? Henrietta Wilson Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons Dr Olamide…
Arms Control 2.0?
Arms Control 2.0? With open source tools, desktop sleuths can go where governments won’t Henrietta Wilson Dr Olamide Samuel Dr Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons…
The SCRAP Agenda for General and Complete Disarmament
Eloisa Romani Project Assistant, Scrap Weapons Report on Dan Plesch’s contribution to Session 4 of City University of London’s webinar series ‘General and Complete Disarmament:…
A Realistic, Progressive Foreign Policy for the United States
A Realistic, Progressive Foreign Policy for the United States Dr Dan Plesch Director, CISD SOAS University This article was originally published on thebaraza.org on 17th…
Could the US Win World War III Without Using Nuclear Weapons?
Could the US Win WWIII Without Using Nuclear Weapons? Dr Dan Plesch Director, CISD SOAS University This article was originally published on theconversation.com on 19th…
A Renaissance in Disarmament: Time for the Third Great Charter of Paris
A Renaissance in Disarmament: Time for the Third Great Charter of Paris? Dr Dan Plesch Director, CISD SOAS University This article was originally published on…
Dismantling Patriarchal Structures in Disarmament and Security
For decades, women have fought the hierarchy that characterizes patriarchy, which is maintained by obedient norms and structures. While obedience has been challenged in more or less overt ways, resistance to the patriarchal structure of society has been underway for a long time.
The Nuclear Ban Treaty: A Game-changer for Female Participation?
For the first time, an international legal instrument on nuclear weapons recognizes the disproportionate impact on both women and indigenous people.
Gender Inclusion: A Crucial Path towards Attaining Disarmament?
Courage is needed to seek and introduce women’s perspectives in disarmament since such revision will alter how arms control is perceived and developed.
Beyond AEGIS: Strategic Stability and Emerging Technologies
Critically, the modernization of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)- counter opposing forces designed to destroy incoming missiles- poses a further destabilising threat to strategic stability.
To Break Cycles of War We Must Break Cycles of Custom: Why We Need Women Within Disarmament
Whilst key individuals and groups of women have had tremendous impact around the world there is still a disproportionate lack of female representation within society
The TPNW Coming into Force and the NPT RevCon
The Ban Treaty now outlaws nuclear weapons. What now for nuclear armed states and other non-signatories?
The Impact of the 50th Ratification of the TPNW on the Global Disarmament Efforts
Even though the world’s big nuclear weapons states today did not adopt it, the TPNW is going to change the conversation on nuclear weapons, how we learn about nuclear weapons, how we talk about them, and who can talk about them.
Women Representation in Disarmament and Peace Building: Where Are We at?
2020 marks the 25th anniversary from the Beijing Declaration, which promoted the most visionary agenda in terms of gender equality in many areas, including security. Yet, big gaps remain to be filled.
Women and Conflict: How peacebuilding efforts can benefit us ALL
Women and Conflict India Achilles Research Team, SCRAP Weapons How Peacebuiding Efforts Can Benefit Us All Sexual violence is continually used as a tool to…
Disarmament that Saves Lives
Disarmament that Saves Lives Dan Plesch Director, SCRAP Weapons, CISD SOAS Opportunities and Challenges drawn from the Panel Discussion, “Building on the Secretary General’s Disarmament…
Regional Initiatives, the DPRK and Iran, and the Platinum Standard.
In considering denuclearizing the DPRK and efforts to address the Iranian situation and the JCPOA, steps can be taken to strengthen security in the regions where the states are located: Northeast Asia and the Middle East.
Reflections on US involvement in the Saudi-Yemen War: America and the ATT
Even when broken down into statistics, the humanitarian toll is sobering. With 10,000 civilians dead, 22 million in need of aid, 8 million subjected to famine, and 1 million infected with cholera, the results of the disastrous Yemen war speak of a conflict that has been handled well outside the bounds of acceptable conduct.
Future Weapons Technology: Why the Analogy of Nuclear Cannot be Applied to Cyberspace, and How to Respond to New Logic
Comparisons are often made between the regulation of cyber and nuclear weapons. This analogy, however, is severely limited – particularly in relation to disarmament – and fails to reflect the unique dynamics of each. This short discussion will briefly examine the different logics of nuclear and cyber-deterrence (in cases of state-versus-state use).
Interview with SCRAP Alumnus David Franco
Former SCRAP Project Manager David Franco shares his experience with the project. Franco is a alumnus of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at SOAS University of London and, former SCRAP Project Co-ordinator from 2011 to 2012. Interview by: Alexandra MacAulay Abdelwahab
Hiroshima and Nagasaki : The Legacy of Nuclear Weapons and Disarmament
It’s been 73 years this week since the United States detonated atomic bombs over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the final stages of World War II. The bombings happened on the mornings of 6th and 9th August, 1945 respectively. Today, they remain the only use of nuclear weapons in war.
Nuclear disarmament is crucial for global security – it shouldn’t have to wait
A network of global institutions were created in 1945 to try and avert another global conflict. They have been gradually undermined over the last 20 years, and now we see them being trashed wholesale. The world leaders responsible are perhaps best described by General Jack D. Ripper in Stanley Kubrick’s Dr Strangelove: “They have neither the time nor inclination for strategic thought.”
The Summit Strategy We Really Need
Fear of war looms in the background of the latest round of presidential meetings. At a time when Stanley Kubrick’s General Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove seems an apt description for the behaviour of world leaders…
Reconciling National Security with General and Complete Disarmament
Reconciling National Security with General and Complete Disarmament SCRAP was recently mentioned in a new paper by Marc Finaud, an expert from the Geneva Centre for…
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