G7 IN HIROSHIMA WAS OPPORTUNITY FOR BIDEN TO LEAD ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT President Joe Biden joined world leaders in Hiroshima for the G7 Summit this month, providing ample opportunities for the leaders to acknowledge the harms nuclear weapons cause and commit to preventing future nuclear risks. In an op-ed, in the press and through letters to the White […]
Wie Japan das G7-Treffen für die nukleare Abrüstung nutzen will
Executive Director John Tierney spoke with Handelsblatt, a German language publication, on the G7 summit in Hiroshima. The article is in German. Read more
Fact Sheet: Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT)
A fissile material cutoff treaty would ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons purposes. Fissile materials, principally highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium, are the essential ingredients for building nuclear weapons. The effective control and elimination of fissile materials is an essential step toward effective non-proliferation and a precondition for nuclear disarmament. As […]
Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise
Susan Burk, who is on the board for the Center, spoke with NPR about Russian nuclear threats. “The continued nuclear bluster has shocked nuclear experts. “Even in the coldest days of the Cold War, the U.S. and the Soviets always … continued to carry on a very substantive dialogue on nonproliferation issues,” said Susan Burk. […]
Japan-Korea Relations Show That Cultural Dialogue is Essential to Security
By Matthew Teasdale Bringing a welcome thaw to an often frosty relationship, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed new economic and security policies in Seoul in early May 2023. President Yoon’s previous visit to Tokyo in March was the first summit between South Korea and Japan in more […]
