Military

The Return of Senator Strangelove

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Jan 15, 2025 The Arizona maven has turned his dogged defense of the nuclear industrial complex into a lucrative career. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

The Nuclear Danger in Asia

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Jan 9, 2025 Simmering tensions among China, India and Pakistan are driving a triangular nuclear arms race. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Beyond the Button

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Dec 20, 2024 If Donald Trump is going to leave a Nixon-Goes-to-China legacy for the world, let it be in the realm of nuclear sanity. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Activism

The Dangerous Illusion of ‘Escalation Dominance’

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Oct 1, 2024 Why is the United States leading the way in an unwinnable nuclear arms race? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

60 Years After Lyndon Johnson’s “Daisy” Campaign Ad

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 9, 2024 The 2024 election is completely lacking in wisdom about nuclear weapons and relations between nuclear superpowers. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Activism

NGOs: Break the Impasse on Disarmament

J. Nastranis / InDepthNews Jul 24, 2024 At the UN, groups urge the nuclear powers to step back from what the secretary-general call’s “a knife’s edge” of global catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Activism

Breaking the Impasse on Nuclear Disarmament

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today May 1, 2024 Ahead of START’s expiration in 2026, the world needs to pressure the U.S. and Russia back to the negotiating table. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

Let’s Not Nuclearize the Heavens

John Strausbaugh / Truthdig Apr 30, 2024 Russia’s emergent nuclear anti-satellite program highlights the dangers of viewing outer space as a battleground. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Activism

We Must Break the Impasse on Nuclear Disarmament

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Mar 29, 2024 Moving the nuclear-armed states in the right direction requires sustained pressure from civil society, legislators, and the international community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Military

What Surgical Errors Teach Us About Nuclear Policy

Matt Bivens / Truthdig Jan 19, 2024 In the persistence of disastrous medical mistakes, an ER doctor sees a dire warning about human fallibility. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

For Decades, the U.S. Called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘Tests’

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Aug 3, 2023 “Perhaps 10,000 military personnel lost their lives in the bomb but the vast majority of the 125,000 dead in Hiroshima would be women and children.” Three days later, when an atomic bomb fell on Nagasaki, “it was officially described as a ‘naval base’ yet less than 200 of the 90,000 dead were military personnel.” Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump, Putin Discuss Nuclear Pacts, Mueller Report in Hour-Long Call

DEB RIECHMANN / The Associated Press May 3, 2019 The U.S. and Russian presidents also include the topics of Venezuela and North Korea in their phone conversation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )