The Nuclear Umbrella Revisited

The NPT is in miserable shape, betrayed on the disarmament dimension, stuck in the Middle East and mostly irrelevant to the Asian nuclear armed states, but it has proven resilient and lingers on. It will soon be accompanied by the TPNW, which is about to enter into force. Hopefully, the wrangling between...

Conventional arms control on the Korean Peninsula: The current state and prospects

At the end of 2017, the Korean Peninsula reached the brink of a nuclear war, as the US president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un exchanged words of nuclear threats each other. A tug of war as to whose nuclear button is bigger and stronger exacerbated the nuclear crisis. However,...

Kims store gjennombrudd

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The vision and its implications for disarmament policy

This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim for. Preferably,...

Introduction

This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim for. Preferably,...

Stable nuclear zero : the vision and its implications for disarmament policy

This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim for. Preferably,...

How to Deal with North Korea: Lessons from the Iran Agreement

The current and oft repeated pattern of responses to North Korean nuclear and missile provocations has failed to produce results. With the stakes becoming increasingly high it is time that a new approach is explored. The success to date of the deal to cap Iran’s nuclear program offers clues to a different...

External powers and the Arab Spring: Summary and conclusions

External powers and the Arab Spring

Governance in the Middle East is a sad story, and the fate of the Arab Spring added to the misery. After the initial euphoria, much got worse. Except in Tunisia, where Islamic and secular political groups compete for power in a democratic political system. This book examines the role of external powers...

How to deal with North Korea: Lessons from the JCPOA

Ståle Eskeland til minne

What should we make of the JCPOA?

The late November extension of the Iran nuclear talks: Understanding Jerusalem’s sigh of relief

Issues of concern on the NPT Review Conference Agenda

Lite oppmuntrende om nedrustning

Nuclear Diplomacy: The Case of Iran

Turkish-Iranian relations after the framework agreement

Iran and the P5+1: Did anyone in the Middle East notice the four month extension?

Oman's Quiet Diplomacy

Omans stille diplomati og Iran

The Nuclear Agreement with Iran

Atomavtalen med Iran

The Geopolitics of the Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Geopolitikk og forhandlingene om Irans atomvåpenprogram