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Pádraig Belton

Pádraig Belton is a journalist based between London and Dublin, writing mostly for the BBC.  He has been a foreign correspondent on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in eastern Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and the Middle East. 

Two diplomats stand in front of a sign that reads ban nuclear weapons

Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down

Global Politics

The United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — also known as the Ban treaty —  could become the first new major legal move toward disarmament in more than 20 years.

Macron hugs Merkel.

Be ‘mein’ valentine: Merkel and Macron renew their ‘vows’ with Aachen treaty, but some critique the coupling

Global Politics
Two leaders sit at a desk signing a document.

How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race