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2010
Week One

Monday, 3 May 2010 (No.1)
  
Editorial: Challenges and choices for the 2010 NPT Review Conference
   Growing support for a nuclear weapons convention
   What's on the table for the 2010 NPT Review Conference
   Carrying a double burden
   Nuclear Word Search
   Today's Calendar of Events

Tuesday, 4 May 2010 (No.2)
 
Editorial: Deterrence or disarmament?
  Civil society, disarmament, and the need for new beginnings
  Nuclear Crossword
  NWC in Brief
  Persistent proliferators
  From omnicide to abolition
  Beyond the NPT Review
  HIROSHIMA Reconstruction Project
  News in Brief
  Today's Calendar of Events

Wednesday, 5 May 2010 (No.3)
  Editorial: A new decade for disarmament?
  Shifting the mindset
  Taking a courageous step
  Trade unions for nuclear disarmament
  Youth rally
  Second Conference of Mayors at UN
  News in Brief
  Depleted uranium weapons
  NWC seminar
  Today's Calendar of Events

Thursday, 6 May 2010 (No.4)
  Editorial: Finding common ground while reframing the debate
  The irresistible logic of a NWC
  Women's forum for a nuclear weapon free world
  Nuclear Crossword
  Misuse of brainpower: The conversion of science and technology for human and environmental needs
  News in Brief
  Multilateralization of the nuclear fuel cycle and shared responsibilities for disarmament cycle
  NWC in Brief: The growing tide of support for a nuclear weapons convention
  Medical consequences of nuclear war
  Presentation of the EU position at the 2010 NPT Review Conference to NGOs
  US commitment to disarmament
  Mayors, unions, individuals, and churches: how NGOs are dismantling the bombs
  Today's Calendar of Events

Friday, 7 May 2010 (No.5)
  Editorial: Time to turn in the platinum credit card of nuclear weapons
  The case against nuclear deterrence
  A dissent on Countdown to Zero
  News in Brief
  Nuclear Crossword
  Russian compliance with article VI
  Questions to ask the United States about the negative security assurance offered in the US Nuclear Posture Review
  Strategies to end NATO nuclear sharing
  Grassroots diplomacy
  The role of parliamentarians in nuclear disarmament
  NWC in Brief: Don't believe those who tell us it's impossible
  Countdown to Zero
  Today's Calendar of Events

Week Two

Monday, 10 May 2010 (No.6)
  Editorial: Planning for nuclear disarmament now
  The "other" nuclear weapons
  News in Brief
  Arms Down!
  Principles, values, and global security: a new framework for the future
  NWC in Brief: Banning the most destructive weapons of all
  Getting to a Middle East NWFZ
  Nuclear weapons production in the age of Obama

NPT Working Paper Review, Part One

Tuesday, 11 May 2010 (No.7)
  
Editorial: Unsustainable asymmetry
  Response by the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy to the   Nuclear Posture Review Report
  News in Brief
  Bad faith: disarmament rhetoric vs. reality
  Sustainable security in the 21st century
  Prospects for a shift in NATO’s nuclear posture in 2010
  New technologies for verifying the additional protocol
  The next generation: free of the Cold War mentality
  Time to delegitimize nuclear weapons
  Nexus between science and diplomacy: Role of the CTBT

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 (No.8)
  Editorial: Filling the "fact gap": reductions vs. elimination, rhetoric vs. reality
  The state of the tactical nuclear weapons debate  
  Paths to Zero
  News in Brief 
  Security without nuclear weapons
  US and Russia on new START
  Destructive cycle to nuclear weapons
  The US NPR
  Nuclear Crossword
  Today's Calendar of Events

Thursday, 13 May 2010 (No.9)
  Editorial: An obligation to reality
  News in Brief
  Assessing US and Russian postures
  Presentation of the White Paper NPT
  Quick and easy disarmament: EU style
  Parliamentarians support a Nuclear Weapons Convention
  Today's Calendar of Events

Friday, 14 May 2010 (No.10)
  Editorial: Didn't we already make that down payment 40 years ago?
  Gendered obstacles deter disarmament
  Operational status
  Dismantlement of French sites
  Youth Speak
  Laying down the law on nuclear disarmament
  US nuclear weapons production
  Disarmament verification
  News in Brief
  US nuclear energy views
  Today's Calendar of Events

Week Three

Monday, 17 May 2010 (No.11)
  
Editorial: If you want a world free of whaling, stop killing the whales
  Action on “tactical” nuclear weapons
  
Recommendations from IPFM
  
Denuclerizing the Korean peninsula
  News in Brief
  France on nuclear energy
  Draft Text Review
  Working Paper Review, Part 2
  Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Word Search

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 (No.12)
  
Editorial: Implementing the vision should not be a bridge too far
  Australian students speak to the NPT Review Conference
  News in Brief
  Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword
  
Wednesday, 19 May 2010 (No.13)
  Editorial: Beyond conference rooms 2 and 4
  The NPT identity crisis
  Division of timeframes for achieving abolition
  Why the outcome matters
  Cheaper, deeper security
  Whither nuclear weapons?
  Where to go from here?
  Nuclear Word Search
  News in Brief
  Today's Calendar of Events

Thursday, 20 May 2010 (No.14)
  Editorial: Potential approaches toward building consensus for looking at a framework
  for consideration of preparatory measures that could change the conditions for
  progress toward a step-by-step approach for considering nuclear disarmament?
  Drafts in Contrast
 
 News in Brief
 
 The CTBT: Is it verifiable?
  NATO Expert Group Report released
  No shelter under this umbrella
  Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Friday, 21 May 2010 (No.15)
  Editorial: Bring the action back
  ‘Learn Peace’: How students are playing a role in nuclear disarmament and world peace
  Review: Nuclear Tipping Point
  Drafts in Contrast
  News in Brief
  Considering disarming, maybe?
  Talking about a Middle East Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in Jerusalem
  Nuclear energy and proliferation
  Students simulated negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention
  Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Word Search

Week Four

Monday, 24 May 2010 (No.16)
  
Editorial: Preventing a backslide
 
 What is a nuclear weapons convention?
  News in Brief
  Overview of the first draft of Subsidiary Body II
  Draft in Contrast
  Peacemaking and the Middle East NWFZ
  Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Tuesday, 25 May 2010 (No.17)
  Editorial: We hail concrete, transparent, irreversible, verifiable action
  News in Brief
  Drafts in Contrast
  Conversation with hibakusha
  NGOs criticize restart of Japan's fast breeder reactor
  Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Word Search

Wednesday, 26 May 2010 (No.18)
  Editorial: You can't even use them!
  A Middle East nuclear weapon free zone—the background
  French Senators: Wesupport Ban Ki-moon’s plan!
  Fear, faith, and nuclear weapons: an interfaith view on the NPT
  Time changed. Will you follow?
  Implementing the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty
  Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Thursday, 27 May 2010 (No.19)
  Editorial: Is this what momentum looks like?
  Threats to the nuclear establishment: the UK and a NWC
  Nuclear Word Search
  Yes We Can’t! Inconsistencies with the US position on the NWC
  Calendar of Events

Friday, 28 May 2010 (No.20)
  Editorial: Flexibly, cooperatively, hopefully—principles for multilateral approaches to nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
  Drafts in Contrast: Draft Final Document
  What to do now? A plan for action
  On the road for global zero
  Global civil society says, “It’s Simple: Start Abolition Negotiations Now!”
  Civil society next steps beyond the 2010 NPT Review Conference
  Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Final Edition

Tuesday, 1 June 2010 (No.21: Final Edition)
  Editorial: Thinking beyond the NPT review process
  Summary of the 2010 NPT final outcome document
  Humanitarian consequences, humanitarian law: an advance in banning use of nuclear weapons
  Report on the morning NGO Abolition Caucus
  Understanding nuclear weapons: cartoon

2009
Week One

Monday, 4 May 2009 (No. 1)
  Optimism is on the table
  Deterrence, Torture, Power
  The NPT: A Time for Boldness
  Nuclear Wordsearch
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Tuesday, 5 May 2009 (No. 2)
  The mutual responsibility of compromise
  News in Brief
  On an FM(C)T
  US Prospects for a Nuclear Free Future
  Renewable Energy: Cleaner, Safer, Smarter than Nuclear Energy
  Evaluating Obama: Progress for Global Abolition?
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Wednesday, 6 May 2009 (No.3)
  Return to multilateralism?
  News in Brief
  Berlin Article VI Forum
  The Strangest Dream
  International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
  Prospects, Scope, and Verification of a Fissile Materials (Cut-off) Treaty
  A Multilateral Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Can It Strengthen the NPT?
  Nuclear Wordsearch
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Thursday, 7 May 2009 (No.4)
  Competing visions of disarmament
  News in Brief
  New Prospects for Nuclear Abolition
  Response to President Obama's Prague Speech
  How to help develop the mobilization of public opinion for nuclear disarmament
  World March for Peace and Nonviolence
  Article VI of the NPT: Legal issues and German perspectives
  Progressive Initiatives
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Friday, 8 May 2009 (No.5)
  Challenges to collective security
  News in Brief
  Obama and the CTBT: Dangerous Distraction
  Voices from Experience
  ICAN: The NPT and the NWC
  Nuclear Wordsearch
  Nuclear Cryptoquote
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Week Two

Monday, 11 May 2009 (No.6)
  A glance at the recommendations
  News in Brief
  Proposals and Recommendations to the 2010 Review Conference: A Survey of Working Papers submitted to the 2009 PrepCom
  Costs and Consequences ... and Opportunities
  Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education: Yes, we can!
  A youth perspective on disarmament education
  Role-Playing Verification
  Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
  The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Tuesday, 12 May 2009 (No.7)
  Finding the balance
  News in Brief
  Educating for disarmament
  Will the NPT finally open its arms to the Nuclear Weapons Convention?
  What 1540 could be: An equitable approach to non-proliferation in a globalised world
  Nuclear Bailout: the Costs and Consequences of Renovating the Nuclear Weapons Complex
  Are New Nuclear Warheads Needed for Safety and Reliability of the U.S. Arsenal?
  Nuclear Wordsearch
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Wednesday, 13 May 2009 (No.8)
  The importance of being earnest
  News in Brief
  Nuclear sharing in Germany
  Operational status of nuclear weapons
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Thursday, 14 May 2009 (No.9)
  Reworking the recommendations
  News in Brief
  Strengthening the NWFZs
  Medical and environmental consequences of nuclear war
  Nuclear Weapons Convention Simulation
  Nuclear Wordsearch
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Friday, 15 May 2009 (No.10)
  Searching for consensus
  News in Brief
  Unfinished Business: New Opportunities for the CTBT
  Wag the World: The Irrational Grip of Nuclear Weapons
  Towards the 2010 Conference of States Parties to Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
  Disarmament, Law, and Community: From the Local to the Global
  Outlawing the Use of Nuclear Weapons
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events

Final Edition

Monday, 18 May 2009 (Final Edition)
  A qualified success
  News in Brief
  A Survey of Working Papers, Week Two
  Priorities for 2010: Recommendations for Forward Progress

2008
Week One

Monday, 28 April 2008 (No. 1)
  Opportunities
  Transparency and Accountability: NPT Reporting 2002-2007
  Axis of Responsibility
  Nuclear Weapons: Sooo Last Century?!
  Negotiations on the model Nuclear Weapon Convention: Simulation game for youth and students
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On: Calendar of Events

Tuesday, 29 April 2008 (No. 2)
  The Garden of the NPT
  Towards a nuclear weapons convention
  Mutlangen Manifesto
  Two Papers, One Perspective: A Nuclear Free World
  The European Union and the Nuclear Weapons Convention
  News in Brief
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Wednesday, 30 April 2008 (No. 3)
  Philosophy of compromise
  US-India Nuclear Agreement: Bad for Nonproliferation, Bad for Nuclear Disarmament
  What is "Good Faith"?
  Conclusion from the NGO Presentations
  News in Brief
  Forty years of NPT: What is at stake?
  UN Disarmament Decade
  Analysis: Update on Globalizing the INF Treaty
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Thursday, 1 May 2008 (Geneva Holiday, no NIR)

Friday, 2 May 2008 (No. 4)
  Reductions or redux?
  One minute to midnight
  Disarmament education
  Engaging youth for nuclear disarmament
  How can NGOs mobilize for a NWC?
  Cryptoquote
  News in Brief
  Mayors for Peace events
  What's On: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Week Two

Monday, 5 May 2008 (No. 5)
  Transparency, accountability, credibility
  Complex Transformation
  Nuclear Famine
  News in Brief
  Working towards a nuclear weapon free world
  FMCT Progress Report
  Working Paper Review
  What's On: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 (No. 6)
  Discussion of a Middle East NWFZ: Dialogue of the Deaf
  Solving global warming without nuclear power
  Rendering the abolition of nuclear weapons credible
  News In Brief
  Verification of multilateral nuclear disarmament
  The Middle East:  Nuclear Future or Nuclear Free?
  Military Research
  What’s on: Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Worldsearch

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 (No. 7)
  Article IV and the nuclear fuel cycle
  The Great Turning: Time for a transformation in the energy paradigm
  67,248 Italians propose new law declaring Italy a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
  Nuclear Weapons Operational Readiness: A Hot-Button Issue
  Environmental Aspects of Nuclear Energy
  News in Brief
  Who's Who? An Interview with Ambassador Jürg Streuli of Switzerland
  Women and the nuclear abolition movement in Japan
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Crossword

Thursday, 8 May 2008 (No. 8)
  Discussions on Article X and institutional reform: Crisis of confidence or ripe for consensus?
  "For the good of mankind"
  News in Brief
  The Entry into Force of the CTBT: New Opportunities?
  What's On: Today's Calendar of Events
  Nuclear Wordsearch

Friday, 9 May 2008 (no meetings on Thursday, no new edition)

Final Edition

Final Edition 2008 (No. 9)
  Looking ahead: Recommendations for the rest of the 2010 review cycle
  News in Brief
  What can NPT states realistically do today?
  Negotiations on a nuclear weapon convention held by European students!
  Good Faith: A Fundamental Principle of International Law
  Global Article 9 Conference Statement towards the NPT PrepCom
  Working Paper Review #2
  Blurring the Nuclear Threshold: US Strategic Command, Space Domination, and the New Strategic Triad
  Discussion paper: France, NATO, and nuclear disarmament
  2008 NPT PrepCom: Substantive and Smooth, with Hostilities Fizzing on the Tongue

2007
Week One

Monday, April 30, 2007 (No.1)
  "Now's the Perfect Time"
  Towards 2010: Promoting Proliferation or Disarmament
  The World Court Coalition
  What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Tuesday, May 1, 2007 (No.2)
  "The Definition of Compliance"
  Break the Silence
  Nuclear Energy and Multilateral Controls of the Fuel Cycle
  What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Wednesday, May 2, 2007 (No.3)
  "An Agenda to Take Us Forward"
  Nuclear Disorder or Cooperative Security?
  Running for Peace
  Nuclear Power=Nuclear Weapons
  A Revised Nuclear Weapons Convention
  International Call on Governments to back sustainable energy

Thursday, May 3, 2007 (No.4)
  "Business as Usual? A SWOT at the PrepCom"
  The US-India Nuclear Deal: Round II
  Genie in a Bottle Unleashed, Part 2
  Nuclear and Sustainable Energy in Light of the NPT

Friday, May 4, 2007 (No.5)
  "Today's Menu"
  Return to the International Court of Justice
  Towards 2010
  Fissile Materials: Definitions, detection, and hopefully negotiations

Week Two

Monday, May 7, 2007 (No.6)
  "Actively Waiting"
  Nuclear Free Middle East
  The UN's Unfinished Nuclear Business
  Youth Speak at PrepCom

Tuesday, May 8, 2007 (No.7)
  "The Substantive Issue"

Wednesday, May 9, 2007 (No.8)

  "We Have a PrepCom"
  Compliance with Article 1? The US-India Nuclear Deal
  Have we all forgotten about Pelindaba
  A Death Plan?
  NO Bravo for Bikini

Thursday, May 10, 2007 (No.9)
  "Power Politics or Cooperative Security?"
  Diplomat and NGO Diaries
  United States Disarmament Compliance: Fewer but Newer; Nuclear Weapons Forever
  Prepcom Delegates Show P6 Support
  Nuclear Posture Review
  Students Strike for Peace
  Weapons in Space and the Disarmament/Non-proliferation Regime
  NATO's Nuclear Sharing: A cold war anachronism that undermines the NPT
  Valentines for Tlatelolco

Friday, May 11, 2007 (No.10)
  "Shades of Grey"
  Inalienable Right? What's wrong with this picture?
  Breaking the Chain
  A Page from History? The first proposal for a Nuclear Weapons Convention
  Space Security and Nuclear Disarmament
  Nuclear Missile Testing Galore
  Nuclear Crossword
  What's On? Today's Calendar of Events

Final Edition

Final Edition 2007 (No. 11)
  "Finding the Light"
  Execution by Consensus:Assessing Compliance and the NPT Review Process
  Alice in Wonderland Revisited: The 13 Practical Steps as “Suggestions”
  Nuclear War and its Consequences: Reparations (and a Little Justice) for the People of Rongelap

2005
Week One

Monday, May 2, 2005 (No.1):
   "The World is Watching"
   Appeal of Hiroshima
   Who's Who: The Netherlands' Chris Sanders
   What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Tuesday, May 3, 2005 (No.2):
   "Aaaannnd...ACTION!"
    New Disarmament Publications
    Freeing the Middle East from WMD
    Panel Spotlight: Rejecting Counterproliferation
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Panel Spotlight: A Middle Powers Strategy
    May Day! Disarm!

Wednesday, May 4, 2005 (No.3):
    "Unmasking Success?"
    IPPNW Brings the Reality of Nuclear Weapons Home to NYers
    International Wall of Law
    A View from South Korea
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Hibakusha Tell the Tale
    Who's Who: New Zealand's Ambassador Tim Caughley

Thursday, May 5, 2005 (No.4):
    "Proving the Pessimists Wrong"
    A Return to the World Court?: Lawyers Discuss Options for Article VI Compliance
    An NPT Compliant Alternative to Stockpile Stewardship
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    On the Nuclear Trail of Tears: The International Peace Walk and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Friday, May 6, 2005 (No.5):
    "At What Cost Agreement?"
    Mayors at the United Nations
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today (and the weekend!)
    Jozef Goldblat on the CTBT
    The Other Radioactive Weapon
    Comment on the Dutch Parliament
    Atomic Art Exhibit
    Greenpeace Fights NATO Nukes

Week Two

Monday, May 9, 2005 (No.6):
    "'In Light of' Consensus"
    The NAPF Brings Us Back to Basics
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    WSLF Sets the Record Straight on Stockpile Stewardship
    A Working Paper for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World
    Internal Radiation: Nano-sized particles causing mega-size damage
    Who's Who: France's Ambassaor Rivasseau

Tuesday, May 10, 2005 (No.7):
   
"Deciphering Diplomacy"
    NGO Panel Announces a Nuclear Free Germany
    The Wars We Make
    Australian Uranium: Feedstock for Proliferation
    Challenging and Changing US Nuclear Policy
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Who's Who: Japan's Ambassador Mine

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 (No.8):
    "The Viennese Gossip Column"
    Space Security
    Inheriting a Nuclear Free World
    SMART Security
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
    Who's Who: Senator Doug Roche

Thursday, May 12, 2005 (No.9):
   
"Now THIS Is A Conference"- also translated into French by ACDN
    An Open Letter to the NPT Conference Secretariat and States Parties
    NWFZs: The Untold Success Story
    A Mathematician's Take on the NPT
    Making Connections Between Disarmament and Conflict Prevention
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Friday, May 13, 2005 (No.10):
    "Riddle Me This"
    A Permanent Verification Corps?
    Film Screening: Genie in A Bottle
    Korean Women Making Peace
    Are You Ready to Join Us? Youth at the RevCon
    What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Week Three

Monday, May 16, 2005 (No.11):
   
"The Footnote Versus the Fuel Rod"
PSR Panel Features Rhodes and Graham
Promoting Global Wellness
Model Nuclear Inventory: New Publication from RCW
Who's Who: Mexico's Ambassador de Alba
NGOs and the Millennium+5 Summit
What's On: This Week's Calendar of Events

Tuesday, May 17, 2005 (No.12):
"Lost in the Echo Chamber"
The Motives Behind Disarmament
Nuclear Genie Unleashed at the UN
Threats to the NPT
Position Opening at Reaching Critical Will

Wednesday, May 18, 2005 (No.13):
"Hold That Pessimism"
Advancing Transparency Through Disarmament
US Compensation for Nuclear Victims
Education, Peace Boat Style
Nuclear Psychology
What's On: Calendar of Events

Thursday, May 19, 2005 (No.14):
    "The Conference That Cried Wolf"
Who's Who: IPPNW's Ron McCoy
NPT Crossword!
Religious and Ethical Perspectives on Nuclear Doctrine
A Brave New World in 1984
What's On: Today and Tomorrow's Calendar of Events

Friday, May 20, 2005 (No.15):
"Sorting Through the Substance"
The NATO Responsibility
Space Security
Crossword Answers
What's On: Calendar of Events
Nuclear Energy Bargain

Week Four

Monday, May 23, 2005 (No.16):
"Heigh-Ho the Dairy-O"
Nuclear Culture?
What's On: Calendar of Events for the Week
Rogues Gallery
Piece by Peace

Tuesday, May 24, 2005 (No.17):
"Bargaining for Agreement"
War is Peace: NGO Rebuttal to the US
Megatons to Megawatts
Preventing Nuclear Terrorism
NPT Puzzler!
Youth Vitamins
What's On: Today's Calendar of Events

Wednesday, May 25, 2005 (No.18):
   
"Negotiate This"
Peace Walk
Communities of Color Speak Out
Who's Who: Blanche Wiesen Cooke
Mayors and Parliamentarians
What's On: Today's Calendar of Events

Thursday, May 26, 2005 (No.19):
   
"TheDiplomatic Theory of Relativity"
The Crucible of Experience
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today
Why Women?
Global Truth Commission
Who's Who: CESIM's Tiphaine de Champchesnel
Atoms for Peace

Friday, May 27, 2005 (No.20):
   
"A Passing Storm"
The Risks of Reprocessing
Rebus Puzzler
Who's Who: Sarah Estabrooks, Project Ploughshares
US Non-Paper on Abolition
First Committee Reporting Resource
What's On: Calendar of Events for Today

Final Edition

Final Edition 2005 (No. 21):
"A Phoenix of Hope"
Spineless NPT Ends in a Whisper
Seeing the RevCon in the Rearview Mirror
NPT Gender Credentials
Just Say No!
Nuclear Theatre of the Absurd
Negotiating 101
US Hypocrisy
A Treaty Worth Fighting For
Their Children Are Our Children
Sunflowers Instead of Missiles
Youth Activism
10 Years of Mad Cowboy Nuclearism
On NGO Strategy

2004
Week 1

Monday, April 26, 2004 (No.1):
   "Defining Success"
   Calendar of Events
   Who's Who: Interview with Ambassador Wolfgang Hoffman, Executive Secretary, CTBTO
   "The NPT 2004: Testing the Limits"- Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
   Eighteenth Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster

Tuesday, April 27, 2004 (No.2):
   "Getting Right To It"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Spotlight on Aldermaston" -DiMcDonald, NukeWatch
   "Never Again"- Susi Snyder, WILPF
   artwork by Haik Hoisington

Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (No.3):
   "Who's Missing the Mark?"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Nuclear Sharing Under the 'Special Relationship' Umbrella"- Nigel Chamberlain, BASIC
   Who's Who: Interview with John Loretz, IPPNW
   "The Toxic Legacy of the Nuclear Age"- John Loretz reports on the Abolition 2000 event
   Pop Quiz: NGO or State Party?

Thursday, April 29, 2004 (No.4):
   "Non-Existing Issues Spark Non-Existent Debate"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Who's Who: Interview with Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW
   "A UN Conference on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Their Elimination"- Mohamed Shaker,    ECFA
   Panel Spotlight: Economy and Security- Jen Geiger, WILPF US
   Panel Spotlight: The Quest for Security- John Loretz, IPPNW
   Panel Spotlight: PSR on Counterproliferation- Sarah Estabrooks, Project Ploughshares
   Panel Spotlight: A Northeast Asia NWFZ- Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW

Friday, April 30, 2004 (No.5):
   "We Can't Hear You!"
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Report from a Citizen Weapon Inspector"- Carol Naughton, BASIC
   Who's Who: Rodolfo Benitez Verson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba

Week 2

Monday, May 3, 2004 (No.6):
   "A Point of Order"
   "Youth Caucus Therapy"
   "Mother Earth On Her Death Bed"- Omar McCray, SANITY
   "NATO Nuclear Doctrine and the NPT"- Karel Koster, PENN
   Panel Spotlight: "Opposing Vertical Proliferation"- April Stanley, WILPF UNO
   "NPT- Now It's the People's Turn"- Emma McGregor Mento, Abolition 2000
   Calendar of Events for the Week
   Panel Spotlight: "The WMD Are Right Here"- Dulce Fernandes, WILPF UNO

Tuesday, May 4, 2004 (No.7):
   "A New Criticality"
   Panel Spotlight: Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War- Julika Erfurt, WILPF UNO
   Resource Spotlight: banningthebomb.tv
   "Aktion Volkerrecht"- International Law Campaign
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Disarmament Crossword
   CWI Authorization

Wednesday, May 5, 2004 (No. 8):
   "Playing Chess with Damocles"
   Panel Spotlight: "The Current Status of US Nuclear Weapons Complex: From designing to  refining"- Monika Szymurska, WILPF UNO
   Panel Spotlight: "Rethinking the Fissban"- Emma McGregor-Mento, Abolition 2000
   Reaching Critical Finances
   Canada Responds to PENN article
   Calendar of Events for Today
   Report Card for Japan- Keiko Nakamuro, Peace Depot
   Article VI reporting: Spotlight on NGO Shadow Report
   IEER Atomic Puzzler and Crossword Answers

Thursday, May 6, 2004 (No.9):
   "The Substance of Procedure"
   "The So-Called 'U.S. Record of Compliance'- Why the U.S. Numbers Game is Not Disarmament"- Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF
   Calendar of Events for Today
   "Nuclear Weapons and Preventing War"- Jennifer Nordstrom, GAPW

Friday, May 7, 2004 (No.10):
   "Countdown"
   "The Most Important Date in Nuclear History: A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Lineage Lies in the Policies  Begun in Washington, DC, May 5, 1943"   - Pamela S. Meidell, Atomic Mirror
   "The Elephant in the Room"- Alice Slater, GRACE
   Panel Spotlight: "What's Next for the CTBT?" - Dulce Fernandes, WILPF UNO
   Panel Spotlight: "Women and Weapons: A Paradigmatic Shift"- Susi Snyder, WILPF UNO
   "Keeping Heart in Hard Times"- Stephanie Fraser, banningthebomb.tv

Final Edition

Final Edition (No. 11):
   "A Higher Wager"
   "Confusion and Anger as NPT Meeting Closes in New York"- Rebecca Johnson, Acronym Institute
   Who's Who Profile: Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Educators for Social Responsibility
   "From the Dark and Smoky UN Basement, to the Hot and Dusty Nevada Desert: One Woman's Journey"- Susi Snyder, WILPF UNO
   "Grassroots Provide Support for Mayors" - Julie Kramer, Press Hut Mutlangen    

2003
Week 1

Monday April 28, 2003 (No.1): "NPT 2003- It's Time to Walk the Talk"

Tuesday April 29, 2003 (No. 2): "Civil Society in Full Force"

Wednesday April 30, 2003 (No. 3): "Extra Helpings, Please"

Thursday May 1, 2003 (No. 4) : "The Real Reason We Are Here"

Friday May 2, 2003 (No. 5): "Smoke and Mirrors"

Week 2

Monday May 5, 2003 (No. 6): "The Genie is Out"

Tuesday May 6, 2003 (No. 7): "Or, So We Have Heard"

Wednesday May 7, 2003 (No. 8): "Hot Air: The Final Peacemaker"

Thursday May 8, 2003 (No. 9): "pro-duk-tiv-i-tee"

Friday May 9, 2003 (No. 10): "You're Welcome, Mr. Molnar"

Final Edition

Final Edition (No. 11): "This is What Reporting Looks Like: Assessing the Chairman's Factual Summary"

2002
Week 1

Day 1: Addressing the Security Deficit in a Weapons Ridden World

Day 2: A New NPT Review Cycle Begins: Is Political Will Within Reach?

Day 3: NPT: Normally Pretty Tedious

Day 4: 14 NGO Representatives Present on Key Issues to the NPT

Day 5: Who's Afraid of Reporting?

Week 2

Day 6: One Week Down, One to Go

Day 7: The Middle East: The Usual Suspects, the Usual Rhetoric

Day 8: Wouldn't We Be Safer Without Nuclear?

Day 9: Youth Fear For Their Future

Day 10: NPT PrepCalm- Looking Towards 2005

Final Edition

Final Edition: A Week Later: Assessing NPT PrepCom I

2000
Week 1

April 28th -- Ed Note: No issue due to holiday
April 27th -- Getting Down to Disarmament
April 26th -- Now Please Try (NPT)
April 25th -- NPT Opens -- and a good START too
April 24th -- The Opening of the Review Conference 

Week 2

May 5 -- A Penny Saved...
May 4 -- Sorry About That....
May 3 -- 3pm -- Conference Room 4 -- Be there
May 2 - The Equivical Meaning of Unequivical
May 1 -- One week down, three to go

Week 3

May 12 -- Taking Note
May 11 -- High Noon at the NPT Corral
May 10 -- The Calm Before the... Calm?
May 9 -- A Taste of Treaties to Come
May 8 -- The Half-life of the Conference

Week 4

May 19 - Something to Work With?
May 18 -- Ed. Note: No News In Review for today
May 17 -- Disarmament: A Problem of Semantics
May 16 -- Normally Pretty Tedious
May 15 -- Too Early for Dispair, Too Late for Late Again

Final Edition

Final Issue -- After the Dust Settles

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