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Tag: Arms Control

Turkey’s president Erdogan says Saudi Arabia wants to buy its armed drones

17 March 2021 Online editor In the news

Turkey’s President Erdogan told a news conference in Ankara on Tuesday [16 March 2021] that Saudi Arabia is seeking to buy armed unmanned aerial vehicles from Turkey.

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Putin and Biden confirm extension of New START treaty

28 January 2021 Online editor In the news

US President Biden and Russia’s President Putin spoke by telephone on 26 January 2021 and agreed to extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty for five years. It is the last remaining nonproliferation agreement between the US and Russia.

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US withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty: undermining military mutual trust and transparency, says China

23 November 2020 Online editor In the news

The United States has officially withdrawn from the Open Skies treaty, with effect 22 November 2020, blaming the withdrawal on Russia’s transgression of the Treaty.

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Landmines cleared from Falkland Islands 38 years after conflict

10 November 2020 Online editor In the news

Reuters reports that the final landmines on the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have been cleared, Britain said on Tuesday [10 November 2020], nearly 40 years after they were laid by Argentine forces when they seized the British territory.

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US State Department approves sale of MQ-9 SeaGuardian drones to Taiwan

4 November 2020 Online editor In the news

The US State Department is reported to have approved a potential sale to Taiwan of four MQ-9 SeaGuardian drones in a deal valued US $600 million, another sale of weapons to Taiwan that will be seen as provocative by China.

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Revitalising the Non-Proliferation Treaty

11 February 2020 Online editor Analysis and comment

Against the backdrop of US withdrawal from the Intermediate Range Treaty, and increasing pessimism about prospects for the renewal of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 2021, this Brief identifies the stakes for the EU and outlines how it could achieve the internal consensus required to make a positive impact in the 10th NPT Review Conference (April-May 2020).

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The UKRAINE Archive

  • Trump’s quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order
    19 September 2024
  • The aimlessness of the G7 on Ukraine only delays the inevitable
    20 June 2024
  • Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems
    13 March 2023
  • Tanks for Ukraine won’t bring war-ending negotiations any closer
    27 January 2023
  • After Ukraine a fractured and unravelling global order will confront governments
    10 May 2022
  • Ethics and war: the Ukrainian tragedy
    2 May 2022
  • US National Security and Ukraine: What’s the connection?
    19 January 2020

Featured

Are we paying enough attention to Trump’s Gleichschaltung-like ‘Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership’?

27 September 2023

A significant number of interlinked think tanks, organisations, and individuals are engaged in extensive preparations for Trump’s return – and for reform of the ‘administrative state’ and every aspect of American government policy. The program of the reactionary forces in America is as radical as that of the interwar fascists.

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ISRAEL

  • Ethics-free realism explains, but shouldn’t justify, Western responses to Gaza
    28 January 2024
  • Western leaders must acknowledge Israel’s rights are not untrammelled
    17 November 2023
  • ‘Shared values’ on show in Jerusalem
    7 February 2023

AUKUS

  • Will America use the AUKUS ‘get-out’ clauses?
    16 August 2024
  • Three compelling reasons to exit ANZUS
    15 May 2024
  • Australia’s AUKUS Tributes
    26 March 2024

Most read this week

  • Postwar Ukraine will pose the hardest problems 13 March 2023
  • Trump’s quick deal with Putin could reshape the global order 19 September 2024
  • The Chinese ‘Debt Trap’ Is a Myth 8 February 2021
  • Are we paying enough attention to Trump’s Gleichschaltung-like ‘Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership’? 27 September 2023

Most read in the last year

  • Are we paying enough attention to Trump’s Gleichschaltung-like ‘Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership’? 27 September 2023
  • Trump and Vance’s theocratic republic of America 3 August 2024
  • Republicans push for Mexican-American war: Don’t rule it out 30 August 2023
  • Could Australia find the courage to end its alliance with America? 23 June 2023

About Mike Scrafton

Mike Scrafton is a regularly-published writer on Australian and international affairs. Read more about Mike here.

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