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An article by political scientist and MAPW member David Stephens examining the political, ethical and military ramifications of the use of unmanned aircraft. Dr Stephens believes that the use of such technology should be widely debated.

Article from the Foreign policy in focus website analysing the position of the uS government in relation to North Korea and urging a return to the negotiating table.

This opinion piece, "Oslo and beyond: the humanitarian dimension of nuclear weapons", by MAPW's Tilman Ruff, Co-President of IPPNWⁱ was published in the Kyodo News on 25 February 2013.

IPAN (Independent and Peaceful Australia Network) is a network of organisations from all regions of Australia who are united by our support for an independent Australian foreign policy based on peaceful resolution of conflicts.

IPAN also has a facebook page.

IPPNWⁱ and its US affiliate, Physicians for Social Responsibility, have produced a new video on the medical, environmental, and humanitarian consequences of nuclear war, featuring IPPNWⁱ Co-President Ira Helfand. The video was made at the urging of the Norwegian Red Cross, which had asked for an educational resource that could be used by national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies in support of their resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

 

A journal produced by CISR (Centre for International Stabilization and Recovery) and sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's Political-Military Bureau, Department of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA) and the U.S. Army Humanitarian Demining Program. It aims to be "a forum for humanitarian mine action- and explosive remnants of war-clearance best practices and methodologies, strategy planning, mine-risk education, and survivors’ assistance".

On 29 November 2012 Ira Helfand, Co-President of IPPNWⁱ, took part in a "webinar" on nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons testing. His contribution Nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons tests - humanitarian consequences and also those of other speakers on nuclear testing can be found on this website. Following sessions were on radiation (6 December 2012) and uranium mining (13 December 2012).

INESAP is the International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation is a non-profit, non-governmental network organization with participants from all over the world.

The objectives of the network are to promote non-proliferation and disarmament with regards to weapons of mass destruction and the delivery systems associated with them, promoting critical analyses of technical, scientific and political issues associated with nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction and working to develop disarmament concepts. Its members contribute their scientific expertise to efforts aimed at transforming and strengthening existing arms control and non-proliferation regimes.

The Australian Government’s decision to establish a US military base in Darwin is a decision of local, national and international importance. BaseWatch aims to be a part of bringing Darwin into the forefront of planning for this major change in social infrastructure.