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 ...

Once more, scientific innovation was at the scene of the crime: the British engineer Barnes Wallis helped develop “earthquake ...

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A controversial bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to cut off direct aid to South Africa and impose targeted sanctions on its political ...

In theory, anyone can develop nuclear weapons. However, in 1970, 191 states including the US, Russia, China, France and the ...

India has always been a strong advocate of complete disarmament, which it believes is the only way to peace and prosperity ...

A controversial bill introduced in the United States Congress aims to cut off direct aid to South Africa and impose targeted ...

Years of back channel negotiations nuclear non-proliferation treaties have been upended by Trump who makes it up as he goes ...

This article appears in the August 2025 print edition with the headline “The New Arms Race.” ...

A UN special rapporteur has called for technology firms operating in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories to ...

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