ACDC News and Views (Feb 13-19, 2025)

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1. Pakistan announces launch its first lunar mission

https://arynews.tv/pakistan-announces-launch-its-first-lunar-mission

2. Trump wants denuclearization talks with Russia and China, hopes for defense spending cuts

https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-russia-nuclear-bbc1c75920297f1e5ba5556d084da4de

3. Trump officials struggled to reinstate nuclear weapons staff after firing hundreds

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/17/climate/trump-nnsa-nuclear-staff-reinstated/index.html

4.  Prioritizing Nuclear Negotiations With Iran

https://carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/02/iran-trump-nuclear-deal

5. Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into future attack on Iranian nuclear sites

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-donald-trump-us-iran-nuclear-programme

6. Japan will not participate in meeting of Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty

https://asianews.network/japan-will-not-participate-in-meeting-of-nuclear-weapons-prohibition-treaty/

7.  US says military exercises with Philippines ‘purely defensive’, for force readiness

https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-military-exercises-with-philippines-purely-defensive-force-readiness-2025-02-15/

8. BIG SHIFT! U.S. & Russian Navy Warships Drill Together; China, QUAD Nations Also Join Komodo 2025

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/big-shift-u-s-china-quad-komodo-2025/

9. Saudi Arabia seeks to mediate between Trump and Iran on new nuclear deal

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/16/middleeast/saudi-arabia-trump-iran-nuclear-deal-intl/index.html

10. Japan Wows Maximum Use of Nuclear Power

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/world/40046411

11.  India and France plan small modular nuclear reactors

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg8yge40eqo

12. Powering AI

https://dailytimes.com.pk/1265375/powering-ai/

13. United States and India to expand collaboration in space innovation

https://spacenews.com/united-states-and-india-to-expand-collaboration-in-space-innovation/

 

Warm Regards,

Team ACDC
Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan