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China Rules Out India's NSG Entry Sans Specific Plan on Allowing Non-NPT Nations
21 Jun 2019
Beijing’s goal is to uphold non-proliferation and the NPT which is the cornerstone of the international arms control system, its Foreign Ministry said.
teleSUR
Trump Threatens North Korea Again, Makes False Claims of 'Billions' In US Aid
10 Oct 2017
Threats aside, the former reality television host's latest claims of 25 years of diplomacy and “billions” in aid failed to jibe with the facts.
Prabir Purkayastha
The US First Strike Doctrine And the Threat of Nuclear War
08 Aug 2013
EVERY year, August 6 and August 9 are remembered for the horrific nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The stick like figures drawn from memory by little children depicting the horrors they…
Prabir Purkayastha
Some Space for Negotiations in Iran-US Stand-off
01 Mar 2013
The return of negotiations between Iran and P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, Russia, China (Security Council 5) and Germany (+1) – in Almaty, Kazakhstan signal the possibility of resolving the issues…
Prabir Purkayastha
How not do Journalism: Iran Ring Magnets, a Chennai Trader and a Chinese Website
18 Feb 2013
Times of India has carried in its front page a report that ISIS --“global watchdog” -- has linked a Chennai based company, an Iranian company and a Chinese commercial website in trying procure ring…
Prabir Purkayastha
Iran and Syria: Small Glimmer of Hope in a Bleak Scenario
17 Apr 2012
As of now, the slide down in West Asia towards war – both on Iran and in Syria – seems to have come to a fragile halt. The negotiations in Istanbul on Iran's nuclear enrichment have not ended in…
Prabir Purkayastha
No Smoking Gun in the IAEA Report on Iran : Media Hype for Ratcheting up Pressure
09 Nov 2011
With the new IAEA Report on Iran, the international media is abuzz with reports of its gravity and the possibility of air strikes by the US, UK and Israel.
Prabir Purkayastha
Israel’s Air Strike on Iran: A Credible Threat or a Bluff?
07 Nov 2011
The Iran nuclear weapons issue is once again in the news, this time prompted by leaks in Israel media of a possible Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities. These leaks have been…