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David Milliband Address - Press Coverage

  • 06 Feb 2009 - - Guardian - What happens when Iran goes nuclear? Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSAs it celebrates its 30th anniversary, Iran is playing tough, in particular on the issue of nuclear development. President Obama has offered the hand of friendship "if the fist is unclenched", and UK has started to offer inducements if Tehran is prepared to modify its stance on getting a nuclear arsenal. At least, that appeared to be the message when the foreign secretary, David Miliband, spoke at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) on Wednesday to launch the government's new discuss
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - Daily Telegraph - The nuclear debate is back on the launch pad Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSIn Britain, too, the subject is in vogue. Last August, the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the world's pre-eminent military think tank, published a paper on abolishing nuclear weapons. This month it will host the launching of a book on the ultimate deterrent by Sir Michael Quinlan, former permanent under-secretary at the Ministry of Defence and a prolific writer on the subject.
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - Times - David Miliband: now is the time to show we're serious about the treaty Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSMr Miliband set out a six-point plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. The proposal calls for tight measures to halt the spread of atomic weapons, cuts in the US and Russian nuclear arsenals and the activation of a global test ban treaty.
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - New York Times - Britain Suspends Cultural Office in Tehran Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSIn a speech Wednesday, the British foreign secretary, David Miliband, said it was very welcome indeed that the United States should be seeking to enter the multilateral debate about the Iranian nuclear program and also discussing its own bilateral engagement with the Iranian government. I think that we have said for a long time that this is a vital issue, not just for the Middle East, which has more than enough problems without a nuclear arms race, he said.
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - Associated Press - Britain Seeks New Talks Aimed at Ridding World of Nukes Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSBritain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband on Wednesday called for new talks between major powers aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons.
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - Reuters - A nuclear-free world? Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSForeign Secretary David Miliband said it was a 'critical moment' for efforts to halt the spread of nuclear arms because 'more people and more countries are seeking the ultimate weapon', he said, mentioning the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programmes. 'But we are also at a moment of opportunity,' he said at an event to launch the paper, called 'Lifting the nuclear shadow'.
  • 05 Feb 2009 - - Associated Press - Britain seeks new talks on nuclear disarmament Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSBritain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he wants major world powers to begin new talks aimed at ridding the world of nuclear weapons. The British diplomatic chief says he hopes countries can agree on an international legal framework to reduce their arsenals.
  • 04 Feb 2009 - - Reuters - U.K. sets plan for nuclear weapons-free world Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSBritain sets out a six-point plan on Wednesday for a nuclear-free world, at a time when global powers fear Iran will produce a bomb and Barack Obama's inauguration has renewed interest in disarmament. The British document calls for watertight measures to stop terrorists or emerging states getting atomic weapons, deeper cuts in U.S.-Russian nuclear arsenals and the activation of a global nuclear test ban treaty.
  • 04 Feb 2009 - - Press Association - Bid to speed up nuclear disarmament Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISSForeign Secretary David Miliband has set out a six-step programme to create the conditions to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The move came amid reports that US President Barack Obama is planning talks with Russia on a new agreement to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (Start), with the possible aim of reducing stockpiles to 1,000 warheads on each side.
  • 04 Feb 2009 - - Agence France Presse - UK Foreign Secretary: Obama ''Impetus'' To Nuclear Nonproliferation Launch of 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow' at the IISS"We're at a very, very critical moment, but we're also at a moment of opportunity" on the subject of nuclear nonproliferation, Miliband said at a thinktank event in London. "I suppose that every foreign minister's speech by any foreign minister anywhere in the world at the moment says that the Obama administration creates an opportunity, but in this case it's true."

Lifting the Nuclear Shadow

David Miliband launches 'Lifting the Nuclear Shadow'

On Wednesday 4 February The Rt Hon David Miliband, MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs addressed the IISS and launched ‘Lifting the Nuclear Shadow: Creating the Conditions for Abolishing Nuclear Weapons’, a Policy Information Paper by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Read More

 

Watch the Launch and the Q&A Session.

AP 396: Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

George Perkovich and James M. Acton

 

Nuclear disarmament is firmly back on the international agenda. But almost all current thinking on the subject is focused on the process of reducing the number of weapons from thousands to hundreds. This rigorous analysis examines the challenges that exist to abolishing nuclear weapons completely, and suggests what can be done now to start overcoming them. Read More