A month ago was announced the indo-pacific security pact, a partnership between Australia, USA and UK, in order for the Australian Navy to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. The so-called AUKUS accounts for an initiative of counterbalance against China, which sometimes pursues an aggressive foreign policy in its neighbourhood or on the international scene. Although in the post-Brexit era, it is obvious …

As Western politicians talk about replacing present-day forms of energy production with renewable sources, Russia and China are hedging their bets on nuclear power, as well as a number of EU member states which invest heavily in new nuclear power plants. With the political urge of revolutionizing the world’s energy production, a need for reliable power sources is connected. Still, …

In January of 2021, the U.N. “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”, signed in 2017, came into effect with the view to become a widely accepted legally binding instrument that prohibits nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. More specifically, the Treaty prohibits countries from producing, testing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. It also outlaws the transfer of …