These matrices show that important progress is taking place in Africa. As at December 2015, more than half of African states had measures in place to criminalise the use of any kind of weapon of mass ...

The ISS facilitated a similar process with the South African government in 2012 in collaboration with the African Union (AU) and the UNODA. The importance of this work has been recognised by the AU, ...

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China has expressed its willingness to sign the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Treaty without reservation, ...

Israeli military aggression toward Iran is applauded, but its sustained violence against Palestinians is ignored and even justified. What we are witnessing is not just hypocrisy; it is complicity, ...

Against this backdrop, this article examines the challenges for U.S. allies such as NATO and Japan and how they should collectively respond to the new US approach to alliance management. The ...

Anti-war critics have noted that U.S. officials and other interest groups fabricated claims about Iraq having weapons of mass destruction to justify invading the oil-rich country, warning that a ...

Intelligence about nuclear programs, such as the one in Iran, includes a lot of uncertainty—and always has a political ...

Two writers offer their perspectives on what the next steps should be for U.S. Continue watching Jan 13 U.S. Ends Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq By PBS News Hour ...

The earliest modern humans are thought to have emerged in Africa some 300,000 years ago. However, the fossil record reveals that there were numerous attempts and false starts. For example, ...

The Coega Green Ammonia project in Nelson Mandela Bay has reached another milestone – the permitting of a 1 430 MW solar PV cluster development phase that will supply 40% of the power required ...