Wounds of War

Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Nuclear Survivors See Themselves in Gaza

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Oct 15, 2024 Their certainty that the “people of Gaza” would win the prize speaks volumes about how the genocide is viewed outside the North Atlantic world. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

World

Global Spending on Nukes Tops $90 Billion

Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft Jun 18, 2024 According to a new report released Monday, 80% of the increase comes from the United States. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Activism

The Moral Power and Living Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg

Norman Solomon / TomDispatch Jun 10, 2024 The whistleblower’s combination of humanism and realism is still with us, one year after his death. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Military

Ukraine Needs to Stop Droning Russia’s Nuke Radars

Theodore Postol / Responsible Statecraft Jun 5, 2024 Attacks on the early warning system highlights the fragility of nuclear peace—and Kiev’s recklessness. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Military

We Can’t Let Nuclear Weapons Into Outer Space

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Feb 29, 2024 International pressure must be applied on Moscow to prevent the spark for a new cold war that threatens the future of space security. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Terrible Two Continue To Loom Large

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Jan 5, 2024 Nuclear weapons and climate change remain our greatest existential threats in 2024. We need to take them seriously. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Military

Nuclear Panel Packed With Defense Industry Interests

Eli Clifton, Ben Freeman / Responsible Statecraft Nov 14, 2023 Nine of 12 members of the commission proposing a bigger, better arsenal have financial ties to the military industrial complex. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Activism

We Cannot Be a Party to Uranium-Enrichment in Saudi Arabia

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Oct 7, 2023 The Biden administration must commit to more stringent nonproliferation standards in the wake of recent comments and actions by the kingdom. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Military

The De Facto Nuclear Test Ban Is Under Threat

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Sep 25, 2023 Although it has not yet formally entered into force, the CTBT is one of the most successful agreements in the long history of nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Oppenheimer Believed in a World Government

Jane Shevtsov and Tad Daley / Common Dreams Aug 18, 2023 For Oppenheimer, a world government was the only way to save us from ourselves—a lesson that is even more relevant today. Dig deeper ( 9 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 )

Opinion

The Profiteers of Armageddon

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Aug 1, 2023 "Oppenheimer" misses crucial aspects of the story— including how America’s nuclear-industrial complex profits on the arms race. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )