ACDC News and Views (Feb 27- March 5, 2025)

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1.

France’s Macron is ready to discuss nuclear deterrence for Europe

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-macron-is-ready-discuss-nuclear-deterrence-europe-2025-03-01/

2.

Putin Agrees to Help Trump Broker Nuclear Talks With Iran

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-04/iran-putin-to-help-trump-broker-nuclear-talks-with-tehran

3.

Rubio signs to expedite delivery of $4bn military aid to Israel

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Defense/Rubio-signs-to-expedite-delivery-of-4bn-military-aid-to-Israel

4.

S. Korea joins US-led multinational anti-submarine drills in Guam

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/03/205_393341.html

5.

North Korea says it launched cruise missiles in message to ‘enemies’

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/28/north-korea-says-it-launched-cruise-missiles-in-message-to-enemies

6.

Japan won’t join UN meeting on nuclear weapons ban, citing support for US deterrence

https://apnews.com/article/japan-un-nuclear-weapons-ban-us-deterrence-5df7e8a2d1d9b19a82c3b659f9863cbe

7.

Space Development Agency launches study on Trump’s Iron Dome order

https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/02/12/space-development-agency-launches-study-on-trumps-iron-dome-order/

8.

Nuclear-powered USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea ‘in show of force’

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/nuclear-powered-uss-carl-vinson-aircraft-carrier-arrives-in-south-korea-in-show-of-force/3497674

9.

 Italy Passes Law to Bring Back Nuclear Energy

https://www.powermag.com/italy-passes-law-to-bring-back-nuclear-energy/

10.

Russia says IAEA mission arrives at nuclear plant in Ukraine through Russia

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/new-iaea-mission-arrives-russian-held-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-plant-russia-says-2025-03-01/

11.

Nuclear energy watchdog chief raises ‘serious’ safety concerns over sites in Ukraine and Iran

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1160721

12.

How unchecked AI could trigger a nuclear war

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-unchecked-ai-could-trigger-a-nuclear-war/

With Warm Regards,

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