This article examines the political economy of Arab-Israeli peacemaking in first half 1990s, specifically multilateral working group on Arms Control and Regional Security (ACRS). It focuses misplaced memorialization ACRS process as a lost opportunity for establishment nuclear weapons free zone (NWFZ) Middle East, which has resulted continuous “return” to policy discussions. The contends that ra...

Although armed violence in southern Sudan has diminished since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), civilians are still exposed to comparatively high levels of insecurity. National and local authorities continue to insist on forcible disarmament as a strategy to stabilise the situation. Drawing on the findings of three victimisation surveys, this paper considers the prospects...

This supplement issue of Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament presents the papers commissioned in 2021 to support Project on Reducing Risk Weapons Use Northeast Asia (NU-NEA). The NU-NEA project was developed study risk contours conflict terrain war nuclear escalation around Korean peninsula. is being carried out part by developing a set plausible “use cases” weapons NEA, that is, cases wh...

Our previous studies revealed an inhibitory effect of ICD-85 (Venom derived peptides) on breast cancer cell line MDA-MB231. ICD-85 was also confirmed by in-vivo studies to suppress the breast tumor in mice. However, the exact mechanism of ICD-85 was unknown. Hence, the present study was undertaken to assess the mechanism of ICD-85 effect as an anti-proliferative agent of cancer cells. The effec...

Our previous studies revealed an inhibitory effect of ICD-85 (Venom derived peptides) on breast cancer cell line MDA-MB231. ICD-85 was also confirmed by in-vivo studies to suppress the breast tumor in mice. However, the exact mechanism of ICD-85 was unknown. Hence, the present study was undertaken to assess the mechanism of ICD-85 effect as an anti-proliferative agent of cancer cells. The effec...

In response to North Korea's nuclear weapons program, South Korea is quietly pursuing an independent conventional counterforce and countervalue strategy. This strategy unique. Few, if any, nonnuclear states have sought rely on advanced capabilities deter a nuclear-armed adversary. Why strategy, what could its impact be strategic stability the Korean Peninsula? approach should understood as both...

In this report, we identify some of the key technical and political challenges currently facing broader Chemical Biological Weapon (CBW) regime- with a particular emphasis on major forthcoming diplomatic meetings. Most significantly Ninth Review Conference Toxins Weapons Convention (1972) (BTWC) which will take place in 2022 preparations for Fifth (1993) (CWC), expected 2023. This report is an ...