Today is the anniversary of the French authorities' decision to undertake nuclear disarmament.  On January 29, 1996, French President Jacques Chirac announced that he had decided “permanently to end French nuclear tests”, after a series of tests in the Pacific had provoked widespread international concern.

Nuclear disarmament and rearmament continues to shape the global political landscape; French Presidnet Sarkozy announced on Nov. 7, 2007 that a nuclear-armed Iran was “unacceptable”.   If you wish to keep track of developments concerning armament, please remember that it is one of the "topics" through which you can filter your search results.

Below are three free "Breaking Histories" articles concerning nuclear armament:

• Poland: Poland-US relations (pub. Jan. 16, 2007)

• Iran: US intelligence report of reduced nuclear threat (updated Dec. 12, 2007)

•  North Korea: Nuclear Programme (updated March 8, 2007)