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UN-thanizing the Conference on Disarmament
This week’s announcement that North Korea has become the chair of the UN Conference on Disarmament should become the peg for euthanizing this body, giving it the burial it deserves, and getting real about the current state of global nuclear … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged Arms control, Disarmament, Graham Allison, North Korea, UN, UN Conference on Disarmament
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North Korea Leads UN Conference on Disarmament: Non sequitur
By William H. Tobey Res ipsa loquitur, the thing speaks for itself, a doctrine of common law on negligence, and a fair response to North Korea temporarily assuming the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. A … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Fellows' Forum
Tagged North Korea, nuclear, UN, United Nations Conference on Disarmament, William S. Tobey
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