Antinuclear

Gareth Evans says Australia should lead nuclear arms control talks

Thu 13 Nov 2025 David Marr, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/gareth-evans-nuclear-arms-control/106005940

As Russia and the US both threaten to resume nuclear testing and China has tripled its stock of nuclear arms, former foreign minister Gareth Evans has written an essay for Australian Foreign Affairs Magazine arguing that Australia should lead a new arms control push. He says “nuclear arms control has never been more necessary, and never more difficult to achieve. The important arms control agreements of the past are dead, dying or on life support. And the recent behaviour of the actors that matter most – the United States, Russia and China – has fed concerns that things can only get worse.”

• Guest: Gareth Evans, Distinguished Honorary Professor, Australian National University, former Australian Foreign Affairs Minister, author of “Doomsday diplomacy: Australia can lead a new arms control push”, for Australian Foreign Affairs

November 16, 2025 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international