03.03.2015 — check against delivery– Mr President, Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, We are living in tense times. The Ukraine conflict, Syria, Iraq, the advance of the ISIS terrorist group in the Middle East and Boko Haram in Africa – we face a large number of international crises, a situation we have not had to deal with before in […]
Egypt and Russia have agreed in principle on a program to build Egypt’s first nuclear power reactor and the leaders from both countries have witnessed the signing ceremony of, among other bilateral agreements, a project development agreement for a two-unit Russian power plant and desalination plant, reports the Egyptian state-run news agency MENA. Egypt’s President […]
There are dozens of emerging space nations around the world seeking to capitalize on dramatic increases in space technology accessibility. We take a look at one such nation, the United Arab Emirates, exploring the opportunities and challenges they face on the road to achieving space capability. Entry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) into the […]
Unmanned aerial surveillance devices are proving effective intelligence-gathering tools that may make rebel groups’ previous ability to operate without detection a thing of the past. Quality imagery helps in tracing the movements of key Boko Haram leaders and identifying targets, which can then guide Nigerian policy leaders and military commanders to make informed decisions on […]
Independent nonproliferation experts can now get images offering much greater detail about Iran’s and North Korea’s above-ground nuclear facilities. Last week, the satellite company DigitalGlobe announced the U.S. Commerce Department had approved a long-standing license request to sell its highest-available resolution photographs to commercial clients. Previously, the U.S. government had forbidden the sale of images […]
Winning global support to phase out the civilian use of highly enriched uranium (HEU) has been one of the seminal achievements of the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS)process that President Barack Obama started four years ago. For decades, the United States has sought to secure and minimize the worldwide use of this dangerous material. Important US-led efforts such […]
The Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its third session from 28 April to 09 May 2014 at the United Nations Office in New York. This meeting is the third of three sessions that will be held prior […]
Vulnerable crops, uncertain water supplies, and inadequate access to cancer care are some of the issues African nations are addressing in AFRA. The African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research, Development and Training related to Nuclear Science and Technology (AFRA) has 39 participating countries, and its activities include the peaceful application of nuclear techniques to achieve […]
