Nuclear Policy News - Latest Updates & Headlines
Japan reiterates commitment to non-nuclear policies
Tokyo, Dec 19: The Japanese government on Friday reiterated its commitment to non-nuclear policies, rejecting remarks made by a security official who had suggested that the country should possess nuclear weapons.
India's new playbook: How the nation moved beyond restraint to redefine deterrence
New Delhi, November 22: India's traditional model of strategic restraint has given way to a sharper, more assertive security doctrine shaped by recent terror crises and shifting public expectations, according to an analysis by authors John Spencer and Lauren Dagan Amoss. Their assessment argues that India has crossed a decisive threshold in how it responds to terrorism, manages escalation with Pakistan, and signals deterrence to both Islamabad and Beijing.
South Korea keeps eye on revising nuclear pact with US
Seoul, Nov 14: South Korea will keep an eye on revising a nuclear pact with the United States when engaging in consultations with Washington on expanding its rights to uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing, a senior diplomat said Friday.
Nishikant Dubey asks LoP Rahul Gandhi to read 2006 US Hyde Act; says it made Indians slaves
New Delhi, June 12: BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey on Thursday launched a sharp attack on the Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi by claiming to unravel certain facts about the Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Act of 2006.
Congress aborted 1995 nuclear test under US pressure, says Nishikant Dubey
New Delhi, June 11: BJP Member of Parliament Nishikant Dubey, citing declassified documents, has alleged that the Congress government, under pressure from the United States, aborted plans to conduct a nuclear test in 1995.
'We should not contemplate' escalation to nuclear level as both India, Pakistan are 'responsible' nations: Islamabad envoy
United Nations, May 3: While Kashmir has been called a "nuclear flashpoint", Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Asim Iftikhar Ahmad has said that "we should not contemplate a situation like that" as both Pakistan and India are responsible countries.
Israel 'committed' to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms
Jerusalem, April 18: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said in a statement on Friday that he is committed, along with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and all parties, to leading a "clear course of action" to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.
India's liability law needs amendment, hasn't instilled confidence in international nuclear industry: EAM Jaishankar
New Delhi, April 11: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has pitched for amending India's Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act as part of the government's move to open up the nuclear sector to bring investments and reach the goal of 100 gigawatts of nuclear energy by 2047 and noted that past policies have not produced the desired outcomes.