Ploughshares Monitor articles from March 2007

Ploughshares Monitor archives from March 2007

Fallout from China's anti-satellite test.
March 22, 2007... On 11 January 2007 China launched a ballistic missile at one of its own aging weather satellites, intercepting and destroying it. This is the first openly conducted anti-satellite (ASAT) test since 1985, making China the third country to...

Pursuing peace in the Horn of Africa.
March 22, 2007... An earlier version of this paper was delivered in Waterloo on 10 November 2006 as part of the Project Ploughshares 30th anniversary symposium. "Canadian Responses to Contemporary Threats to International Peace and Security." ********** ...

Working towards a treaty to ban cluster munitions.(Conference news)
March 22, 2007... In Oslo on 22-23 February 2007, a conference of 49 states and NGOs launched a historic process to prohibit cluster munitions. The final conference declaration announces: States commit themselves to conclude by 2008 a legally binding...

Iran: is it time for a new consensus on uranium enrichment?
March 22, 2007... UN Security Council consensus on Iran is a major achievement, except that it may turn out to be the wrong consensus at the wrong time. Iran's failure to comply with the Council's unanimous demand that it suspend all uranium enrichment,...

Progress toward denuclearizing the Korean peninsula.
March 22, 2007... When the six-party talks (1) finally produced an agreement on 13 February 2007 to reaffirm the common goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, along with setting out the specific measures to be taken toward that end. there were two...

Small arms and light weapons transfer controls in the CIS region.
March 22, 2007... The region of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (1) has long been a major source of armaments, including small arms and light weapons (SALW), with Russia and Ukraine ranking among the six top suppliers of major conventional weapons...

The doomsday clock moves two minutes closer to midnight.
March 22, 2007... In February 2007 the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that, on the advice of an impressive gathering of world-renowned analysts and scientists, the Bulletin's famous doomsday clock minute hand was to be moved two minutes closer to...

Law as a sword, law as a shield.
March 22, 2007... Law as a sword--the challenge of law It is difficult for a peace activist to be a passionate defender of law. Although we rely on law to shield citizens from abusive governments, law has often been a great source of violence, injustice,...

The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism As a Map.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2007... The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism As a Map, by Ursula Franklin, Introduction by Michelle Swenarchuk, Toronto, Between the Lines, 2006, ISBN 1-897071-18-3,384 pp., $24.95. The Ursula Franklin Reader is a comprehensive collection of the...

Landmark step towards an international arms trade treaty.
March 22, 2007... The December vote of the UN General Assembly to launch an international arms trade treaty (ATT) process was a landmark decision. It was prompted by the civil society-based Control Arms Campaign that since 2003 has been key in pressing...

Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing the First Five Years of the UN Programme of Action.(Report Notice)(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Reviewing Action on Small Arms 2006: Assessing the First Five Years of the UN Programme of Action, by Biting the Bullet, in cooperation with the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), ISBN 1-898702-76-4, 288 pp. Available online at...