“Hållbarheten är eftersatt! Hur försvarar vi våra flöden?” (July, 2011) Click here to view a video recording of the seminar.

Paper for the Conference of the International Luxembourg Forum Stockholm 13 – 14 Jun 2011. It is difficult to say something positive about the current state of nuclear disarmament or to be optimistic about the perspective for the immediate future. After the first half of 2010 we seem to be stuck. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty will not be submitted [...]

There are now fewer wars between states. We must hope that this development that does not regrettably comprise Africa will lead governments to drastically reduce military expenditures which globally amount to more than 1.500 billion dollars annually.  At the same time we must protect ourselves against other and more diffuse threats than improbable wars between great powers, invading armies or [...]

As published on The Hill’s Congress blog (19th of April 2011): http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/156827-memo-to-congress-the-un-works

As published on The Stimson Center website (15th of April 2011). http://www.stimson.org/spotlight/nuclear-power-in-sweden/ Nuclear safety is again at the forefront of the international security debate amidst the ongoing nuclear crisis in Japan. In Sweden, the dialogue on nuclear energy has prevailed for four decades. Yet, absent a significant technological breakthrough or a radical decrease in Sweden’s electricity needs, economic, environmental and [...]

Toward a Middle East Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Remarks by Randy Rydell UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Aboard Peace Boat, 22 March 2011 The world is filled with serious problems that must be addressed – poverty; racism; illiteracy; contagious diseases; terrorism; injustice; to name only a few. So why should we bother to focus on nuclear weapons?  And why specifically should anybody [...]

Inside Story Iraq 2003 Former UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix looks at the recently published memoirs of three former leaders – Tony Blair, George W Bush and John Howard with regard to the Iraq invasion of 2003.

International Conference ‘Security for the Global World: a European Answer’ Gorbachev Forum and Foreign Policy Association of Germany Munich, 23 – 24 March 2011. Comments by Hans Blix                                       (As delivered) We are asked: which are today the threats to people and states? And what is the role of ‘hard’ means of security – arms –against these threats? Before I present [...]

HAMBURG 11 March 2011 I shall focus  on the risk of  nuclear proliferation in the Middle East  and Iran’s program for the enrichment of uranium. However,  the topic needs to be placed in the  larger context of disarmament. In the spring of 2009 the world was given  hope of a fresh start when President Obama and President Medvedev met in [...]

Co-authored by Johan Bergenas for The Stanley Foundation & the Stimson Center (March 2011) http://www.stimson.org/images/uploads/research-pdfs/EArptcover.pdf