ACDC News and Views (Jan 23-29, 2025)

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1. Closer than ever: It is now 89 seconds to midnight

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2025-statement/

2. ‘Pakistan must continue to preserve and strengthen its nuclear capability’

https://www.dawn.com/news/1887717

3. Military Exercises: Pak Navy To Host Peace Exercise From February 7

https://ptv.com.pk/ptvworld/newsdetail/1302

4.  Trump says new nuclear deal with Iran can be brokered

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-says-new-nuclear-deal-with-iran-can-be-brokered/3460920

5. US and Israel would be ‘crazy’ to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, Tehran says

https://news.sky.com/story/us-and-israel-would-be-crazy-to-attack-irans-nuclear-facilities-tehran-says-13297914

6. Will Iran and Russia’s Growing Partnership Go Nuclear?

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/will-iran-and-russias-partnership-go-nuclear-trump

7. Scenarios for the Future of U.S.-Russia Strategic Stability and Arms Control

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/will-iran-and-russias-partnership-go-nuclear-trump

8. North Korea sends ‘a subtle signal’ to Trump about dialogue – via a missile test

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3296475/north-korea-sends-subtle-signal-trump-about-dialogue-missile-test

9. Ministers urged to clarify nuclear deployment

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20kwzyg721o

10. Rolls-Royce strikes £9bn nuclear submarine deal

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93q974p341o

11. Nuclear Energy in the Clean Energy Transition

https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/nuclear-energy-in-the-clean-energy-transition

12. Poland and Canada sign nuclear power cooperation agreement

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/poland-canada-sign-cooperation-agreement-nuclear-power-2025-01-28/

13. China launches fourth batch of Thousand Sails megaconstellation satellites

https://spacenews.com/china-launches-fourth-batch-of-thousand-sails-megaconstellation-satellites/

 

With Best Regards,

Team ACDC
Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)