26 May 2020
Mauritius, Diego Garcia and the small matter of nukes
Mauritius can’t have sovereignty over the Chagos and US nuclear weapons housed on Diego Garcia. Or can it?
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12 Nov 2019
North Korea’s deadline logic
Pyongyang has declared an end-of-year cut off in the nuclear talks, yet does such a deadline really matter? -
6 Sep 2019
Pressure upon pressure builds around Kashmir
<p>Amid sabre rattling and sharp rhetoric, the hostility between India and Pakistan is only growing.</p> -
12 Jul 2019
Professor White, the bomb can endanger but not defend Australia
Nuclear weapons have dubious operational utility and discarding treaty obligations would leave the stench of hypocrisy. -
3 May 2019
North Korea’s uranium and prospects of a stealthier bomb
Counting Pyongyang’s missiles for potential nuclear weapons is understandable but perhaps we need to think smaller, too. -
4 Mar 2019
Four reasons why China supports North Korea
China’s policy on the Korean peninsula is based on geopolitical calculus. Its support of North Korea will stay intact. -
3 Dec 2018
Why denuclearisation is less important for South Korea
South Korea has lived under direct North Korean threat for decades and not just because of the North’s nuclear weapons. -
16 Nov 2018
It’s time to fill Asia’s arms control void
The post-Cold War arms control architecture is crumbling, and if it can’t be salvaged, something new is required. -
4 Oct 2018
The nuclear weapons ban treaty, one year on
It is perfectly understandable to want the elimination of nuclear weapons, but how many have actually read the treaty? -
16 Jul 2018
Turkey must be thinking of the Bomb
While NATO wobbles and strongmen prosper, a newly authoritarian Turkey might turn towards nuclear options. -
25 Jan 2018
Asia’s escalating missile race
Last year saw a surge in testing and deployment of both ballistic and cruise missile technology throughout the Indo-Pacific. -
17 Jan 2018
Why Australia should consider sharing nuclear weapons
Nuclear sharing is an old idea worth considering as the future becomes less certain and potentially darker. -
19 Dec 2017
The UN nuclear ban treaty is historic on five counts
Liberal internationalist states for the first time oppose a cause championed by the Nobel Peace Committee. -
8 Dec 2017
Does the nuclear weapon ban treaty warrant the Nobel Prize?
Australia should not sign the ban treaty. But the need for nuclear disarmament has not diminished. -
7 Nov 2017
The implications of a North Korean open-air nuclear test
A North Korean atmospheric nuclear test could well spark a rolling ‘summer of 1914’-style crisis. -
6 Nov 2017
Why South Korea and Japan should not go nuclear
Were Seoul or Tokyo to acquire nuclear-weapons capacity, the region would not instantly become any more or less secure. -
31 Oct 2017
North Korea: How to start a nuclear war without even trying
If effective strategy requires realistic aims, then America is in trouble. -
6 Sep 2017
Don’t discount the chances of a new Korean war
Robert Kelly says he doesn't know 'anyone serious who advocates air strikes'. But what is his definition of 'serious' if it excludes the US president? -
4 Sep 2017
North Korea: Trump’s terrible binary choice
Accept mutual nuclear vulnerability with North Korea or embark on a major war on the Korean peninsula. There is no third option. -
22 Aug 2017
The unacceptable dangers of accepting a nuclear North Korea
There needs to be better recognition of the risks involved in not disarming North Korea. -
11 Jul 2017
The nuclear weapon ban treaty is significant but flawed
The UN's nuclear weapon ban is a landmark treaty, but there are some serious problems with the text. -
27 Feb 2017
Getting past the awful logic of nuclear weapons
There is a real risk that the arms control achievements of the past will start to come undone. -
17 Feb 2017
What's behind Russia's missile treaty violation?
Russia’s new GLCM is potentially devastatingly effective and difficult for NATO to counter.