February
Trump says he wants new nuclear deal letting Iran ‘prosper’
The latest comments contrast with Mr Trump’s attitude in his first term, when he ordered a fatal strike on Iran’s most senior military general.
December 2024
China to have 1000 nukes by 2030, says Pentagon
The annual China Military Power Report said the People’s Liberation Army had expanded its arsenal by 20 per cent in the 12 months to mid-2024.
October 2024
Nobel Peace Prize goes to anti-nuclear group
The prize was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organisation that campaigns for an end to nuclear weapons.
AustralianSuper ESG option invested in nuclear weapons: report
Australia’s 14 biggest superannuation funds are investing about $3.4 billion in nuclear weapons despite many promising to avoid controversial arms.
August 2024
On the front line of North Korea’s nuclear threat
The possibility of another Trump presidency has global leaders nervous about Kim Jong-un’s erratic behaviour. Would a second mandate tame or embolden “little rocket man”.
May 2024
Global crises making it hard for ethical investors: Gareth Evans
The former foreign minister nominated Israel’s “disproportionate” response to the Hamas attacks and Narendra Modi’s leadership of India as challenges for investors.
March 2024
How our era of plenty could lead to human extinction
Our success in creating a more prosperous, informed, and secure world has, unexpectedly, generated a whole new set of planetary challenges.
February 2024
Putin’s space nuke is so crazy, it’s an opportunity
The spectre of Russian nuclear escalation in space could offer Joe Biden and Xi Jinping a reason to make common cause in restraining and deterring the Russian autocrat.
Russia plans to put nuclear missile into space, US fears
US officials said new intelligence about Russia’s nuclear capabilities was serious – but that it was still under development, and Russia had not deployed it.
September 2023
South Korea to call for strong response over North’s nuclear program
North Korea’s advancing nuclear arsenal is the most vexing security concern for South Korea, but it also poses serious threats to the United States and Japan.
August 2023
Marles moves to douse ‘damaging’ Labor AUKUS dissent
Richard Marles and Pat Conroy will attach a 32-paragraph statement to Labor’s policy platform that promises the submarine pact will create ‘unionised’ jobs.
June 2023
Putin rattles nuclear sabre as battlefield reality bites
The Russian president spent the week trying to show that he was calling the shots as Ukraine’s counter-offensive entered a fierce, gritty stage.
March 2023
How South Korea could get away with building the bomb
The global norm against nuclear proliferation is strong, but Seoul’s political and economic ties are stronger.
SA premier wades into states’ feud over AUKUS nuclear waste
Peter Malinauskas tells the WA and Victorian premiers that the national interest should govern where to put the waste, not “domestic political tit-for-tat”.
AUKUS will get politically and financially tricky over time
Both the major parties support the AUKUS deal but already there is disagreement over how to pay for it.
Australia saddled with high-level nuclear waste under AUKUS pact
The commitment to permanently store the waste from the submarine engines threatens a repeat of the 30-year skirmish over where to bury low-level nuclear waste.
‘Go to a shelter’ Russians told in hackers’ fake nuclear alert
As Russian missiles rained on Ukraine, hackers interrupted Russian television and radio broadcasts with false nuclear attack warnings.
January 2023
US accuses Russia of violating nuclear arms treaty
Washington says Moscow is blocking inspections and missing compliance meetings, as part of the New START Treaty put in place after the Cold War.
January 2023
AUKUS offers scope for nuclear energy debate: opposition
As the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal unfolds, questions will inevitably be asked whether it’s time for Australia to adopt next-generation, zero emissions nuclear energy.
Too great to deter? North Korea’s evolving nuclear threat
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s growing arsenal is setting the scene for a risky game of military one-upmanship with the US and its east Asian allies.