the nonproliferation treaty stands as one of the most important international agreements ever signed the un says the treaty is under threat from such countries as around a member of the n.p.t. is the treaty fairly applied to some countries get a free pass well others are punished even though they are in complete compliance. across not the nonproliferation treaty i'm joined by my guess what i meant marandi interim he's a professor at the university of toronto in washington we have charles blair he is the senior fellow on state and non-state threats at the federation of american scientists and also in washington we cross to thomas moore he's a senior fellow and deputy director at the center for strategic and international studies right gentlemen crosstalk rose in fact i mean you can jump in anytime you want to run first we heard this week a man thomas countryman assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation says iran's nuclear program is the greatest threat to the credibility of the treaty n.p.t. how would you reply to that. i think it would be best to say that th

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the nonproliferation treaty stands as one of the most important international agreements ever signed the un says the treaty is under threat from such countries as around a member of the n.p.t. is the treaty fairly applied to some countries get a free pass well others are punished even though they are in complete compliance. across not the nonproliferation treaty i'm joined by my guess mohammed marandi interim he's a professor at the university of tehran in washington we have charles blair he is the senior fellow on state and non-state threats at the federation of american scientists and also in washington we cross to thomas moore he's a senior fellow and deputy director at the center for strategic and international studies right gentlemen cross-talk rules and i mean you can jump in anytime you want to run first we heard this week a man thomas countryman assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation says iran's nuclear program possesses the greatest threat to the credibility of the treaty the n.p.t. how would you reply to that. i think it would be best to say tha

britain isn't a bang by the spirit of the nonproliferation treaty of which it's a signatory and what we need urgently is president obama to make this call but as in so many other foreign policy issues president obama is wavering looks weak about it and what they want to do is force their presence in that region and president obama beat heavily by the arms companies and i got to say companies even in britain will be benefiting greatly by all this news talk of a perceived north korean threat because everyone can upgrade their all memories let alone as i said upgrading nuclear weapons of mass destruction in violation of any type of interpretation of the nonproliferation treaty. up next as u.s. secretary of state john kerry awaits to see if his the israel palestine peace initiative bestfoods debates whether it will yield any. with oil pipes bursting in arkansas people across the u.s. they start to realize that they are moving towards what the atlantic calls the infrastructure cliff in short america's infrastructure start to get a bit old and according to infrastructure port org the

britain isn't a bang by the spirit of the nonproliferation treaty of which it's a signatory and what we need urgently is president obama to make this call but as in so many other foreign policy issues president obama is wavering looks weak about it and what they want to do is force their presence in that region and president obama beat heavily by the arms companies and i got to say companies even in britain will be benefiting greatly by all this news talk of a perceived north korean threat because everyone can upgrade their. let alone said upgrading nuclear weapons of mass destruction in violation of any type of protection of the nonproliferation treaty. on line for you an hour before flying that's on as innocent as it may sound at our chief dot com we've got this story of one german hacker who claims he can hijack and bring down a plane just by using a smartphone and. how about a six month long pub crawl and a six figure salary for doing it it's actually possible if you land one of six unusual jobs being offered by tourism australia land more and out. mass rallies have month th

the nonproliferation treaty review process begins at the end of this month in geneva with the press comm i think that would be a good opportunity to reengage the whole concept of a nuclear weapons free middle east which must of course include israel and try and ask them as part of a treaty process to. decommission the nuclear weapons otherwise the alternative would be a nuclear arms race in the region with many countries egypt saudi arabia and others all if they want to be quite capable developing their own nuclear weapons but judging by what the u.k. government says the british people are surely fearful of a potential attack from north korea and iran is that not realistic it could be a target. you know i don't think it's realistic i think that the majority of british people are very concerned about the idea of spending this amount of money on a new generation of nuclear weapons and then you ask the question why are we targeted is it because we've got. or is it for some other reason many other countries the world manage perfectly well without nuclear weapons and not themselves

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have a more united states left the nonproliferation treaty britain isn't a bang by the spirit of the nonproliferation treaty of which it's a signatory and what we need urgently is president obama to make this call but as in so many other foreign policy issues president obama is wavering looks weak about it and what they want to do is force their presence in that region and president obama beat heavily by the arms company and i got to say that he is even in britain will be benefiting greatly by all this news talk of a perceived north korean threat because everyone can upgrade there or is that alone . upgrading nuclear weapons of mass destruction in violation of any type of protection of the nonproliferation treaty. online and out si dot com we present will not from us for reporting and for flying but it's scary not as innocent as it may sound a lot see dot com we've got the story of a german computer programmer who claims he can hijack and bring down a plane just by using a smart phone the implication is the horrendous anyway so online from us you can read up more how about a six mont

the nonproliferation treaty stands as one of the most important international agreements ever signed the treaty is under threat from such countries as iran do some countries get a free pass while others are punished even though they aren't complete compliance. with international law and in the very heart of moscow. britain has echoed claims coming from the u.s. saying that it has a growing body of evidence that syrian troops have used chemical weapons. with london announcing it's extremely serious some in washington claiming the red line has been crossed by the assad government this is damascus is blaming iran blaming syrian rebels for a chemical attack near aleppo this march remaining resolute that its army has never used such weaponry let's get more from this from an anti-war activist lindsey german joining us live from london so the u.k. has reportedly confirmed the use of chemical weapons in syria after an m i six operation but we know that intelligence worked but we know how the intelligence work rather in the run up to the war in iraq so could we be seeing that kind of game pla

britain isn't a bang by the spirit of the nonproliferation treaty of which it's a signatory and what we need urgently is president obama to make this call but as in so many other foreign policy issues president obama is wavering looks weak about it and seems to just continue to. carry out these war games with what a strange phrase war games on the on the coast if you just think of it the other way around if north korea was putting nuclear was nuclear capable still planes just beside the united states and had previously killed twenty percent of united states population but we can see what i can draw moon and north korea is afraid of the united states. well barbarism as it has been historically have should i wonder what the next steps are going to be than what's the likelihood that north korea will come to the negotiating table maybe it will happen but what if it doesn't. well though north korea said they want to talk and it's the united states that is just ramping up pressure and any kind of violation it is if the united states wants this kind of gesturing and brinkmanship to hel

britain isn't a bang by the spirit of the nonproliferation treaty of which it's a signatory and what we need urgently is president obama to make this call but as in so many other foreign policy issues president obama is wavering looks weak about it and what they want to do is force their presence in that region and president obama beat heavily by the arms companies and i got to say companies even in britain will be benefiting greatly by all this news talk of a perceived north korean threat because everyone can upgrade their. let alone. upgrading nuclear weapons of mass destruction in violation of any type of interpretation of the nonproliferation treaty. should return to those twenty two twenty seven moscow time now thanks for being with r.t. ok hotfoot from the business. you got a bulletin coming up for us just in a minute or so after the break natasha not great news for the future of the economy in russia at the moment prospects down yeah absolutely significantly down i should say by one third but the good news is that the numbers are still something that many european countri

. >> it is the right the iranian people got after signing the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. we really hope in this beautiful city these talks will bring results and a new spring will start in our talks and we hope they understand this. >> robyn is following the talks for us. plenaryr we have had a session this morning between all sides. they have just broken off lunch, and prayer time is this friday. the top european union foreign policy negotiator met with iran 's a top negotiator and there was a bit of an awkward moment because they never shake hands. it is protocol. is cautiously optimistic. but nobody here is really expecting any miracles. there was some surprise we were even having these talks at this particular point in time. we've got elections coming up in a few months, and the feeling was they might not be able to do much negotiating until the elections were over. back in february, which was a couple of months ago, we had high-level talks here. the world powers had given a theysal to the iranians, wanted the iranians still to halt enrichment of uranium to 20% levels

absolutely huge i was in geneva last week for the nonproliferation treaty review conference and i listened with great interest to the opening statement by the gyptian ambassador and he made a very strong statement concerning egypt's wish to live in a nuclear weapons free middle east and the failure of the leadership of the n.p.t. to act on the nine hundred ninety five nation for a nuclear weapons free middle east the dilatory behavior toward setting up the helsinki conference which is to last december and never happened and is now a top venue fixed for the review of this conference was designed to include all nations in the region through the years where we could discuss the nuclear weapons . so article strike. seems to help with whom but we think one should have some respect for egypt in this because in one nine hundred eighty one when they joined the n.p.t. they then made the point that they want to live in a nuclear weapons free middle east and in the meantime it has got now over two hundred nuclear warheads and as you said in your opening piece apparently about to take delivery of a su

number one, do you believe that india should be a signatore to the nuclear-nonproliferation treaty. >> not the present one which we believe is discriminatory, and we have given reasons for that. >> rose: so you are not a signatory and you believe it's because the existing treaty is discriminal that another-- discriminatory. >> yes. >> a nondiscriminatory treaty-- . >> rose: so the idea of having a nonproliferation treaty is a good idea. >> of course. >> rose: but you know why people think you don't sign it is because are you building nuclear weapons and that is what you did in the first place. >> but we have. that's not a secret. we have built a nuclear weapon. but we have also said we will never use it. we will never no first use a nuclear weapon. and we would work with all the countries of the world towards nuclear disarmament. in fact t is india which proposed the most comprehensive nuclear disarmament plan to the united nations. >> rose: finally this. why is it that romantics like me find something, i didn't know whether it's the mystical, mist civil or whatever it is that makes i

they had they had told off india for developing nuclear weapons to being outside nuclear nonproliferation treaty. and then they decided well perhaps india was going to counterbalance to china and they swallowed all these nonproliferation approachable laws and signed the deal went to a deal with india so they can do the same thing with was north korea it can be also research and asia specialist thank you very much indeed i do a bye bye bye. mired in the struggle for economic supremacy and military dorie domination of asia the u.s. and china and are contesting the moral high ground to beijing has released its latest brief on the human rights situation in america in response to a similar report from washington a reckless foreign policy indiscriminate wiretapping and raise based on rights were just some of that you should have brought up on. your reports. after years of accusations of violating human rights beijing is fighting back last year the u.s. state department issued its scolding human rights practices report now china held a mirror to washington to the u.s. again accused china of limiting in

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the nonproliferation treaty stands as one of the most important international agreements ever signed delicious the treaty is under threat from such countries as around do some countries get a free pass well those are punished even though they were complete compliance. internationally and here in the very heart of moscow. you're watching r.t. live from moscow welcome bog the tower chief was sounding the alarm over the number of young europeans going off to the sea when war hundreds of volunteers are already fighting alongside rebels and could pose a serious security threat when they were to home according to her called and as an artist as a senior of course now europe is increasingly worried about the terror threat from within. if serious to your cause does always seem to spill over some neighboring countries but now it is extended far beyond that it's estimated that hundreds of europeans from fourteen countries mostly young men have joined the red syria to fight against bashar lot but basically national center for the study verticalization put the tall figure at six hundred. well her

israel's alleged cache of nuclear arms is in the spotlight again egypt's withdrawn from the nonproliferation treaty talks in geneva monday over a failure to plan for a middle east free of nuclear weapons that clear then referring to israel it's emerged in deeds well that israel will soon get its fifth submarine reportedly capable of carrying out launching nuclear missiles i spoke to british m.p. jamie colby and he's also vice chairman of the campaign for nuclear disarmament he told me earlier that this could spark he worries a nuclear arms race in the region. israel we know has nuclear weapons and has the land by distance of over them and could have a sea basis and country in the region that has a nuclear power system. which it saudi arabia or could develop their own nuclear weapons if they wish to and egypt. i hope does not develop nuclear weapons i hope nobody develops nuclear weapons but clearly the danger now is very nuclear arms race in the middle east with all the terrible consequences that that could bring about if ever they should be used we need urgent action now the european union the uni

the on that argument every country in the world with nuclear weapons we signed the nuclear nonproliferation treaty when it first came around as one of the five declared nuclear weapon states they are all required to take steps towards disarmament replacing we tried and system with a new even more expensive system is not taking steps towards disarmament i want to see a more peaceful world i do not believe that nuclear rearmament will bring that about . north korea's rhetoric has dragged attention away from another nuclear power iran for later the report on where international efforts to diffuse what some see as the dangerous atomic potential of tehran currently standing. also still to come for you hungry for humane treatment no food strike among inmates brings attention back to the controversial prison and america's continued use of it as a human rights black called. all that still to come for you but first part of the trillions of dollars hidden in tax havens by the world's most powerful and influential figures could soon be a matter of public knowledge leaked e-mails about stashed money in the br

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the nonproliferation treaty stands as one of the most important international agreements ever signed delicious the treaty is under threat from such countries as iran do some countries get a free pass while others are punished even though they are in complete compliance. international landlord in the very heart of moscow. it's good to have you with us on this friday here on our c a parole hearing for a member of the notorious punk band pussy riot now underway in central russia last august and i. was sentenced along with two other women to two years in prison and they were found guilty of hooliganism following a stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral let's get more now from our teaser got a shift. the biggest question of course whether an idea of the horn of the member of the pussy riot band will be able to walk free following this hearing her defending lois points to the fact that first of all her behavior since the conviction well she's been spending her prison time here in central russia has been relatively good there have been no complaints also she has a five year old chil

al-qaeda they have nuclear weapons are not part of the nonproliferation treaty but we put this emphasis on north korea when this happens we have to ask why that is going on and really if the united states wants to justify its larger military buildup in the region without that with a peaceful a situation on the korean peninsula it doesn't give us the ability to build this ring around china so we need to step back look at what the motivations are because north korea actually gets singled out unfairly and the real question becomes why isn't it finally significant that china wants to see a de nuclearize north korea without putting too much pressure on it it's on the same page as the u.s. here and china's position is vital in all of this isn't it. you know i think china's is i think russia's position is vital and they seem silent on this issue and not taking a stance about peace in the region china stepping forward about a denuclearized korean peninsula that had been the commitment of the parties in the six party talks when they were going on all along that was the intent of the united state

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although iran claims the right under nonproliferation treaty to civil nuclear activities and nuclear technologies, including enrichment for non-weapons purposes, there are concerns about the where it is going. ts continued actions in enrichment contravene un security council resolutions, which have called for iran to suspend these activities. iran's actions over the last 15 years promote questions on how far it wants to go in the nuclear field. this includes it did not disclose its investment centers until they were revealed by others. it has an indictment program that appears to be inconsistent with a nuclear reactor, particularly when iran has a contract with russia. 'sere are questions about iran continued efforts to develop ballistic missiles, which is the preferred method for the delivery of a nuclear weapon. and there are questions about iranian work in a position of nuclear materials and its failure to work with the international atomic energy agency to explain these activities. the assessment of the u.s. intelligence community has been that iran has not made a decision to acq

. >> north korea withdrew from the nuclear nonproliferation treaty ten years ago and kicked out the internationalagency. didn't make any difference because they didn't show the iaea anything critically important anyway. so the presence or absence of inspectors would make much of a difference in north korea. back in my confirmation days i got into trouble for something i said ten years ago, there is no such thing as the united nations, by which i meant the u.n. has no separate existence in a situation like this. it's only what its member governments are prepare to have it do, and given hour divided the security council is, withrich and china flying political cover nor north korea, the security council will not be able to act effectively before this plays out. >> neil: i know you're the foreign policy expert but i nowhere countries are on a map so i'm equally qualified to talk about this. i think that china doesn't know what the hell to do with this guy and he is a nut out of control. >> well, look, number one, we don't really know who is in charge in north korea, and i'm just amazed when watch the

>> they broke out of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.reactor and under the international atomic energy agency, you're supposed to allow your spent uranium fuel to be inspected because you're not allowed to reprocess it and enrich it. but they would not allow the inspection. this was like 1993. and we moved right toward a crisis. and we threatened to go to the united nations then, the united states did, and the north said, at that time it was kim il-song and he said if you bring sanctions against us, this is an act of war. we did the war briefings at the white house, we were prepared, then president clinton and president jimmy carter, there was an agreement we would provide two nuclear reactors. they would take that nuclear reactor out of commission and in the meantime, we would provide them with heavy fuel oil. so this was the framework agreement that ambassador bob galucci was the ambassador who negotiated this for us. at the time, we thought we had avoided conflict. well, what happened is of course they continued to work. instead of us

bush, after that north korea pulled out of the nonproliferation treaty and then kicked out the iaea, u.n. atomic agencies from pyongyang and they went ahead and did several tests. that's where we are now. there are americans who continue to go to north korea. not all the time, but they do still go. some of them are very highly based scientists, one was the director of the los alamos laboratory, and many others, former secretaries of defense, william perry, and others have been there. and they do have this two-track, or track 2 policy going on. there are people who can have this dialogue. but they're not empowered to have official dialogue. >> they're very sensitive, the north koreans. when i was there in december 2010, christiane speaks about the visit which was well received in pyongyang of the new york philharmonic. the north koreans wanted to send their philharmonic to perform in new york at carnegie. they were told that that was going to happen, reciprocal visit. i don't think that has happened. they're very sensitive, relatively small things like that. the. >> they are. you know

north korea signed the nonproliferation treaty. it needs to come back into compliance with its international obligations. obviously it does have an arsenal in being or at least the materials for a number of devices and on several occasions, we sought to negotiate with them to at least halt any further addition to that arsenal and then eventually to start rolling it back, to actually take steps as it did before to move towards dismantling the weapons arsenals, the weapons complex that supports it. again that's the kind of thing we'd like to get back to in negotiations, but i think it's up to north korea to demonstrate some kind of good faith that it's ready to get back on the denuclearization path. >> charlie: that should be a precondition to any direct talks. >> i think it has to be at this point in terms of we need some serious action that indicates a change of course on their part. you know, we've had a number of negotiations over the years. as my old boss, secretary gates, used to say, we have to avoid buying the same horse twic