By Khalid Iqbal[1] Extremism comes in various forms. Ethnic and cultural conflicts have historically played a significant role in brewing extremist attitudes. Religious appeal makes extremism lethally potent. Extremism is a state of mind, it is an attitude. It may be based less on facts and more on perceptions. It is founded on judgemental deductions, […]
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By Khalid Iqbal* Abstract The United Nation’s Conference on Disarmament (CD) is the world’s sole multilateral negotiating body on disarmament and it is in this 65-nation forum where discussions on major treaties including the Chemical Weapons Convention and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) were successfully concluded1. CD’s current task is to negotiate an instrument for
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by Khalid Iqbal* Abstract The Eighth Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (RevCon) was an interesting event. To meet a statutory requirement, signatory states to the treaty meet on a five-yearly basis for NPT review conferences. Three out of the previous seven gatherings failed to produce a declaration, including the last one in 2005. The only
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