Taoiseach, Leo #Varadkar, announced an investigation into reports of components made in #Ireland found in Iranian-made drone used to attack a location in Mykolaiv, #Ukraine

The reports suggest that the component is made my #Taoglas, which makes attennae

Taoglas is a tenant in #DCU Alpha, Glasnevin

Taoglas may never, ever intend for their components be used to kill (if reports are true), but this is why #ArmsControl activists have for decades campaigned for controls on "dual use" components

Aiming to close a gap in the UN #ArmsControl architecture: the OEWG on Conventional #Ammunition has resumed its work on a new Global Framework, chaired by 🇩🇪 Mr. von Wittke and 🇨🇷
@MaritzaChanV.

Aiming to close a gap in the UN #ArmsControl architecture: the OEWG on Conventional #Ammunition has resumed its work on a new Global Framework, chaired by 🇩🇪 Mr. von Wittke and 🇨🇷
@MaritzaChanV.

Der Forumsartikel ist Teil unserer Special Section zum Thema „Russia's War in Ukraine: Voices from Peace and Conflict Studies"!
#ZeFKo #PeaceAndConflict #InternationalRelations #Ukraine #Russia #Cyberwar #Cyberpeace #Armscontrol

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The whole analysis can be read from IISS page: https://www.iiss.org/blogs/analysis/2023/03/what-has-the-war-revealed-about-russias-non-strategic-missiles
#Russia #Ukraine #missiles #armscontrol 2/2

War against Ukraine must end
Russia return to nuclear pact
Blinken speaks his truth

#blinken #russia #ukraine #armscontrol #haiku #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/02/world/europe/ukraine-blinken-lavrov-g20.html

Mutual inspections have been delayed
Because Covid spread through the trade
But the New START Treaty
Is barely alive--barely
Russia's move ends all formal arms control

#russia #us #nuclear #armscontrol #limerick #poetry

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/21/world/europe/putin-new-start-treaty.html

#Putin says #Russia will suspend role in #NewSTART #nuclear accord w/ #US

By Mary Ilyushina, Robyn Dixon & Niha Masih

Russian President Vladimir #Putin announced in a state of the nation address Tues that Moscow is ‘suspending’ its participation in the #NewSTART #NuclearNonproliferation agreement, the last remaining #ArmsControl treaty between the US & Russia.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/21/putin-speech-ukraine-state-of-nation/

if there is an #ArmsControl masto, these are for you

#HappyValentinesDay nerds 🖤

Hello world!
@rmartinnielsen is working on this bot, modelled on the ICYMI (law) bot, which will boost toots about #ArmsControl, #Disarmament and #NonProliferation.
There is a longer #introduction from earlier this week: http://icymi-adn.martin-nielsen.ca/icymi-adn-a-new-bot/

New piece by @johncarlbaker.twitter.com for USIP about how the US can develop a realistic North Korea policy that threads the needle between arms control and disarmament

#armscontrol #disarmament #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #USForeignPolicy #USMilitary #deterrence #NPT #BidenForeignPolicy

https://www.usip.org/publications/2023/01/north-korean-arms-control-doesnt-have-conflict-disarmament

Former PM Magdalena Andersson has declared that Sweden can unilaterally reject #nuclear deployments and military bases after joining #NATO, "like Norway". So why doesn't Norway support the #TPNW?
https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/EQJdaP/ny-regjering-i-sverige-fjernet-forbehold-mot-nato-baser

#war #armscontrol

I have a few lists which help me catch up on specific topics. I don't look at my local or federated feed.

Opt-in algorithms:
The friend-finder tools are algorithms - I've used them; they help explore the social graph and suggest possible links.

I REALLY like the @icymi_law model for an edited theme-specific AI-assisted feed. I could see this being useful for the #ADN #ArmsControl #Disarmament #NonProliferation community - hashtags get swamped and need a second pass filter. 2/3

🎉📘New publication! @Omega_RF & Uni of #Bradford researcher, Michael Crowley, has a new book out now! 'Toxin and Bioregulator Weapons: Preventing the Misuse of the Chemical and Life Sciences', is co-written with Malclom R. Dando (Bradford).
Published by Palgrave, it presents case studies from China, India, Iran, Russia, Syria & US. It assesses the regulation of toxins & bioregulators under #ArmsControl & #disarmament instruments, & proposes actions for states & scientific community.

#Introduction

I am a #Brexit and #Twitter exile.

I like #languages and #trees.
I am fluent in three and I own eleven.

I mainly react to bad #politics, ludicrous ideas like #Brexit, and inhuman policies for #migrants and #refugees.

I fully support #greenenergy and all actions to address the #ClimateCrisis.

I'm for #armscontrol, #feminism; I'm #prochoice and against passing #nuclear as "green".

I would like to see #humanrights respected worldwide.

https://fas.org/blogs/security/2022/10/2022-nuclear-posture-review/ 🔹 The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review: Arms Control Subdued By Military Rivalry #NuclearWeapons #ArmsControl #nuclearposturereview

RT @alxgraef@twitter.com

Check out this great new report by @OlyaOliker@twitter.com and @GabrielaIRosa@twitter.com and get up to speed on available instruments for #risk reduction and #armscontrol in #Europe. Crucial for stabilizing the precarious security situation once fighting in #Ukraine has ended. https://twitter.com/OlyaOliker/status/1590387857788915714

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/alxgraef/status/1590995358351515648

> the question of NATO moving eastward is not the primary issue, because, after all, in 2004, #SergeyLavrov, who continues to be the foreign minister, and Mr. #Putin, who was even then the president, welcomed the Baltic states and other countries joining NATO. They joined NATO in 2004. The question is not #NATO by itself. The question is a sense of security.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/15/vijay_prashad_russia_ukraine_global_south
#VijayPrashad #ArmsControl #Nuikes #NPT #AntiBallisticMissileTreaty #IntermediateNuclearForces Treaty

RT @DuncanJane@twitter.com

Op-Ed: South Africa has a responsibility to stop the worldwide abuse of surveillance tools https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-10-23-south-africa-has-a-responsibility-to-stop-the-worldwide-abuse-of-surveillance-tools/
#ricachallenge #surveillance #spytoys #armscontrol

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DuncanJane/status/1186854785183571968