Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social

International Lawyer | IHL, WMD Disarmament☢️☣️, Use of force, Polar issues | Formerly @UN Legal, @UN_Disarmament, @CTBTO🇺🇳,@vertic_org | he/him 🇫🇷🇪🇺

[RÚV English @RuvEnglish]

Iceland's Foreign Minister #Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir yesterday summoned #US #ambassador Billy Long, after Donald #Trump inexplicably posted an image on social media showing #Iceland and other countries covered up by an #American #flag.

https://t.co/ShLecqIQkU

[CIJ_ICJ @CIJ_ICJ]

PRESS RELEASE: #Vanuatu yesterday filed an application before the #ICJ relating to a dispute between itself and #France “concerning Vanuatu’s sovereignty over Umaenupne (Matthew) and Umaeneg/Leka (Hunter) Islands. . .”

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[DER SPIEGEL @derspiegel]

Eigentlich dürfen auf litauischem Boden keine Atomwaffen postiert werden. Präsident Gitanas Nausėda will das ändern. Kanzler Friedrich Merz kann den Schritt offenbar nachvollziehen. https://t.co/VTfFpXdMTe

[OPCW @OPCW]

An OPCW expert team has discovered a significant amount of undeclared chemical weapons and related materials and documentation in the course of its ongoing deployment in the Syrian Arab Republic.

OPCW Director-General Arias commends Syria’s continued commitment to the Chemical Weapons Convention.

🔗 Read more: https://t.co/IITJKbvNIn

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

From a WMD non-proliferation legal perspective, this new agreement does not bring significant changes as Norway remains a non-nuclear NPT state with no French nukes or nuclear sharing arrangement, no transfer of nuclear weapons or control under France's forward deterrence concept

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

The Norwegian government announced the signature of a “comprehensive defense agreement” with France with two levels of cooperation:
- A mutual defense pact, accompanied with military cooperation activities (exercises, coordination, equipment preposition)

https://t.co/SnhypaKzS7

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

According to the Norwegian government, whole cooperation agreement is needed in a context of Russia’s aggression of Ukraine and “escalating rivalry between the major powers”

[High North News @HighNorthNews]

@NATO’s premier anti-submarine warfare exercise Dynamic Mongoose kicked off on Monday. Submarines, surface ships, and aircraft from nine nations are currently training in the #HighNorth.

@NATO_MARCOM https://t.co/wrnhPYOhg0

[SIPRI @SIPRIorg]

Global military expenditure increased to $2887 billion in 2025, the 11th year of consecutive rises, bringing the global military burden—military expenditure as a share of gross domestic product (GDP)—to 2.5%, its highest level since 2009.

Press release ➡️ https://t.co/L2zCjWCOfF
Key developments ➡️ https://t.co/yFSaF55ojU

#MilitarySpending #DefenceBudget #GlobalSecurity #Geopolitics #NATO #MilitarySpending #WorldEconomy #Peace #DataDriven #GDAMS #GDAMS2026 @UN_Disarmament @INakamitsu @DemilitarizeDay

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

How to salvage the NPT Review Conference https://t.co/FijJXZyTiU

[IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency ⚛️ @iaeaorg]

Based on the latest available satellite imagery, IAEA can now confirm some recent damage to entrance buildings of Iran’s underground Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP). No radiological consequence expected and no additional impact detected at FEP itself, which was severely damaged in the June conflict.

[Élysée @Elysee]

EN DIRECT | Discours du Président @EmmanuelMacron sur la dissuasion nucléaire de la France, depuis la base de l’Île Longue. https://t.co/bpk2YpKZIh

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

https://t.co/2tNZ8YxOve

[UNIFIL @UNIFIL_]

Yesterday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told UNIFIL that they would be carrying out an aerial activity dropping what they said was a non-toxic chemical substance over areas near the Blue Line.

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

🦠Packed room for day 1 of the 7th Session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva 🇺🇳. Encouraging participation and momentum as discussions get underway. #1972BWC

[Arms Control Assoc @ArmsControlNow]

10/30 Press Release: ACA Responds to Trump's Reckless Nuclear Testing Remarks

Visit https://t.co/COfqV3qiyh for our statement, as well as a list of resources on the #ComprehensiveTestBanTreaty (CTBT), the effects of #nuclearweapons testing, and more.

[INA.fr @Inafr_officiel]

Robert Badinter entre au Panthéon ce 9 octobre.

Le 17 septembre 1981, Robert Badinter, alors ministre de la Justice, faisait voter l'abolition de la peine de mort à l'Assemblée nationale.

👉Un discours dont les images viennent d'être restaurées par les services de l'INA.

[Alix Renaudin ➡️ @alixrnd.bsky.social @alixrnd]

Norway 🇳🇴 issued its first "Arctic Strategy" ⤵️

https://t.co/pLnEIqkdZS