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Alicia Sanders-Zakre

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ICAN Policy and Research Coordinator

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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
And RSVP to attend the online launch event on 2 July at 12 noon UTC! www.icanw.org/from_harm_to...
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Report Launch: FROM HARM TO JUSTICE: A Needs-Based Assessment of Nuclear-Affected Communities in Kazakhstan and Policy Pathways for Implementing Articles 6 and 7 of the TPNW
Join us on 2 July for a launch of ASQAQ-Qazaq Nuclear Frontline Coalition (QNFC)'s report: "FROM HARM TO JUSTICE: A Needs-Based Assessment of Nuclear-Affected Communities in Kazakhstan and Policy Path...
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🚨 NEW REPORT fresh off the press: At a time when the cost of living is soaring and millions struggle to afford food and fuel, the world's 9 nuclear-armed states spent billions more on weapons of mass destruction. Read the report here: www.icanw.org/2025_nuclear...
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In @nucleartimes.bsky.social, I write about the work to establish an international trust fund for survivors of nuclear detonations, which diplomats aim to do by December. Progress is also happening nationally, as the US & France recently expanded compensation: www.nucleartimes.com/inside-the-e...
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Inside the Effort to Create an International Fund for Nuclear Detonation Survivors
Establishing such a fund would be a landmark step forward in acknowledging and beginning to rectify the enormous harms caused by nuclear weapons detonations.
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
My response to alarming pro-nuclear weapon articles recently printed in @foreignaffairs.com A reminder that despite increased articles flirting with or outright condoning nuclear proliferation, the world's majority (incl. European people) are not interested www.foreignaffairs.com/europe/illus...
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The Illusion of Nuclear Deterrence
A Response to “Europe’s Bad Nuclear Options”
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🥳GREAT NEWS: The global majority rejects nuclear weapons. What does it means? 1⃣ Most of the world’s countries are now part of the #NuclearBan Treaty. 2⃣ They’ve chosen real security rooted in cooperation, not fear. 3⃣ More in the thread
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
ICAN and Korean A-bomb survivors groups issue joint call for all countries to join TPNW #nuclearban www.icanw.org/_ican_and_ko...
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ICAN and Korean A-bomb survivors groups issue joint call for all countries to join UN Nuclear Ban Treaty
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
1/ 80 years ago at 11.02 am on August 9, JST, the US dropped the atomic bomb on #Nagasaki. In a flash, thousands were dead or injured. By the end of 1945, 74,000 had died. And the consequences from the radiation have affected the survivors to this day. More here: www.icanw.org/remembering_...
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
On the 80th Anniversary of the World’s First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament inkstickmedia.com/on-the-80th-...
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On the 80th Anniversary of the World's First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament
On the 80th Anniversary of the World's First Atomic Attack, Hiroshima’s Youngest Survivors Call for Disarmament
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Dr. Terumi Tanaka, a co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo: "Our Nobel Peace Prize sends a message to younger people that they need to be aware that we are facing an emergency...We have the solution in our hands: the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
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Opinion | Eighty Years of Nuclear Weapons Is Enough
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Will you join us stand with the survivors of nuclear weapons and take action for nuclear disarmament? We everyone to get involved! Learn more here and share: cranesofmemory.com #CranesofMemory #NuclearBan
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
At exactly 8:15 a.m. JST, around the time you’re reading this, 80 years ago, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Today, we remember the lives lost, the survivors who continue to speak out, and the urgent need for nuclear disarmament. Read more here: www.icanw.org/remembering_...
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Ploughshares @ploughshares.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What don't we know about nuclear spending? And why is that a ✨huge✨ problem? For our Story Center, @nuclearban.bsky.social's Alicia Sanders-Zakre (@azakre.bsky.social) dives into ICAN's June report: "Hidden Costs: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2024." ⬇️ ploughshares.org/article/ican...
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Why What We Don’t Know About Nuclear Weapons Spending Is a Problem - Ploughshares
ICAN's new report details how nuclear spending is an aspect of nuclear policy kept from the public and policy makers.
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
For US colleagues: Tomorrow & Wednesday, you can provide input to NNSA on what to include in an environmental impact assessment on plans to expand production of plutonium “pit” bomb cores. Join the meetings & learn more: nukewatch.org/wp-content/u... @nukewatchnm.bsky.social @nuclearban.bsky.social
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
🚨Date correction! The film screening: "JARA - Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan" is on MAY 15TH at 6:30pm - 8:30pm at the University of Geneva. It's excatly one week from today, so mark your calendars! More info about the screening here: icanw.org/jara_film_sc... #NuclearBan #NuclearTest
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Film screening: "JARA - Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan"
Join us on 15 May at the University of Geneva for a screening of the film "JARA - Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan" and a panel discussion.
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
1/ ICAN is gravely concerned by escalating hostilities between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, including last night’s missile strikes and nuclear threats. A nuclear exchange would be catastrophic for the world. Read our full statement here: icanw.org/ican_respons... #NuclearBan
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ICAN calls for immediate de-escalation of conflict between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (Nobel Peace Prize 2017) has issued the following statement from Executive Director, Melissa Parke:
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Nobel Laureates Urge Trump, Putin To Meet On Denuclearisation www.barrons.com/news/nobel-l... #nuclearban
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Nobel Laureates Urge Trump, Putin To Meet On Denuclearisation
Three Nobel Peace Prize-winning groups campaigning to eliminate nuclear weapons joined forces on Monday to urge the US and Russian presidents to meet and agree on significant denuclearisation.
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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament @eunpdc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
What security risks do #NuclearWeapons pose from a #TPNW perspective? Join VCDNP for a webinar with Amb. @akmentt.bsky.social & Dr. @olivermeier.bsky.social presenting findings from the TPNW consultative process. 📅 31 March 2025 🕚 11:00 CEST 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/v84fksbs #EUNPDC
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Security Risks Emanating from Nuclear Weapons: A TPNW Perspective
The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a webinar presenting the report on “Articulating the Security Concerns of TPNW States Parties," which wi...
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🚨The 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the #TPNW has concluded with a strong message: nuclear weapons & deterrence threaten us all. States agreed that the #NuclerBan is the alternative to reckless nuclear deterrence and proliferation. Read more here: www.icanw.org/tpnw_third_m...
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Florian Eblenkamp @florianeblenkamp.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Just back from the #TPNW3MSP, where states rejected nuclear deterrence as a security policy. Meanwhile, Europe is having a Fiebertraum (yes, German has a word for that) about European nukes. Let’s talk about why that’s absurd and counterproductive for European security 🧵
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation : www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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Rainbow Warrior arrives in Marshall Islands to call for nuclear and climate justice on 40th anniversary of Rongelap evacuation - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Greenpeace flagship vessel the Rainbow Warrior was welcomed back to the Marshall Islands today, marking the start of a six-week mission around the Pacific nation to elevate calls for nuclear…
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
It was a special privilege to join ‪@nhpeaceaction.bsky.social , where my interest in activism for peace first began, to discuss a recent @nuclearban.bsky.social briefing paper on Israel's nuclear weapons and path to disarmament - www.icanw.org/israeli_nucl...
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Israeli Nuclear Weapons: Risks, Consequences and Disarmament
Learn more about the risks and consequences of Israeli nuclear weapons and the need for disarmament in this ICAN briefing paper.
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Frank Slijper @frankslijper.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
New: “At Great Cost: The companies building nuclear weapons and their financiers”, a publication of @paxforpeace.nl and @nuclearban.bsky.social -> 260 financial institutions have significant financing or investment relations with nuclear weapon producers. www.dontbankonthebomb.com/at-great-cost/
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At Great Cost – Don't Bank on the Bomb
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Great story on the new PAX / ICAN Don’t Bank on the Bomb report out today, showing the impact the #TPNW is having on divestment from nuclear weapons: www.reuters.com/business/fin... Check out the full report here: www.dontbankonthebomb.com/at-great-cost/ #nuclearban
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Financial ties to nuclear arms drop about 25% post-UN treaty, campaigners find
The number of financial institutions with significant exposure to companies involved in the nuclear weapons industry has fallen by about a quarter since a U.N. treaty came into force in 2021, according to a report on Tuesday by campaign groups.
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Pavel Podvig @russianforces.org · 05/02/2025
A global call for applications to serve on the new independent Scientific Panel on the Effects of Nuclear War disarmament.unoda.org/panel-on-the... Self-nominations are accepted here forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... The deadline of 1 March 2025
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Great event tomorrow "Nuclear Weapons Choices - Governing Vulnerabilities between Past and Future" featuring recent Sciences Po research on nuclear weapons. Register here: www.sciencespo.fr/agenda/fr/ev... #nuclearban
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Évènements | Sciences Po | CiviCrm
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima Survivor Who Preached Peace, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/28/w...
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Shigeko Sasamori, Hiroshima Survivor Who Preached Peace, Dies at 92
Severely disfigured when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, she spent her life warning others about the dangers of nuclear war.
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Great article @beafihn.bsky.social ! "So how can individuals contribute? First, recognize your power. A key tool is to change the way we talk about nuclear weapons." www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...
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Opinion | Nuclear Weapons Are Not a Fact of Life
Like other weapons of mass destruction, nuclear weapons are not unsolvable problems.
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Don't miss the upcoming Interdisciplinary Nuclear Disarmament Research Symposium at the University of Bradford on 6 December! Register to attend in person or online here by 27 November: www.icanw.org/interdiscipl... #nuclearban
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Interdisciplinary Nuclear Disarmament Symposium at the University of Bradford
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