Archive » Tag: Ukraine Update
Ukraine diplomacy, the nuclear testing taboo, Canada and Saudi arms exports and more
September 3, 2023
Modest but important steps in the direction of diplomacy to end the war in Ukraine; strengthening the nuclear testing taboo, and disturbing new reasons why Canada should end its arms exports to Saudi Arabia are some of our topics in this week’s blog post.
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Pathways to peace in Ukraine, cluster munitions & BMD updates; RI summer recess begins
July 16, 2023
Even as NATO misleads again on Ukraine’s membership, informal diplomatic efforts begin to prepare the way for ceasefire and follow on negotiations toward peace in Ukraine. We also look at changes needed to Canada’s domestic legislation banning cluster munitions and consider a powerful argument for arms control, not missile defences, to curb nuclear and conventional missile threats.
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Israeli war crimes, Ukraine and cluster munitions, GAC-CSO consults and more
July 9, 2023
Today we examine the Israeli assaults on Jenin Refugee Camp, reflect further on the possible American endgame in Ukraine, as well as its highly controversial decision to supply that country with massive quantities of cluster munitions, and end with a brief note on the first GAC-CSO consultations on non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament, since before the pandemic.
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Nuclear risks, foreign meddling & building a Ukraine peace table
June 25, 2023
Russia and the US agree to discuss nuclear risks and arms control; another Canadian judge overrules decisions on faulty intelligence and we examine a quintessentially Canadian proposal for building a Ukraine peace table.
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