Is nuclear disarmament possible when the fundamental differences between states seem written in stone?
If We Survive the Next 100 Years, Which Came First: Nuclear Abolition or World Peace?
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Webb’s Parting Shots
To get elected to the Senate, you have to meet certain requirements. You have to be at least 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for nine years, and a resident of the state you represent. Based on Jim Webb’s recent performance, I would like to propose a fourth requirement: you have to be a novelist. If we had 100 novelists in the Senate, the body might finally be able, like Webb, to distinguish fact from fiction.
Can Lasting Disarmament Be Achieved Without Peace First?
If we wait for states to get along in order to guarantee disarmament, they might start a nuclear war first.
Refugee Crisis Deepens in Mexico
“It is undeniable that Mexico is going through a situation of violence in which groups of armed civilians (organized crime) sow terror and death, provoking the displacement of entire families so they are not murdered,” read a statement from three human rights groups.
100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears
In terms of damage since 9/11, terror attacks have ranked above shark attacks but below just about anything else that could possibly be dangerous to Americans, including car crashes which have racked up between 33,800 and 43,500 deaths a year since 2001.
Specter of Not Only 9/11, But the ’93 WTC Bombing, Haunts One World Trade Center
It requires either willfulness or denial for a company to commit its employees to working in a building on a site that was already targeted in two momentous attacks.
Desperately Seeking Vindication: Bin Laden and Torture
Attempts by members of the Bush administration to link bin Laden’s death to intelligence gained through torture reek of desperation.
True or False? We Can Abolish Nuclear Weapons, But Not the Know-How
A world without nuclear weapons but that retains the ability to reconstitute them is considered by many an important step on the path to Global Zero.
Stockholm Institute Peels Back the Veneer of Nuclear Disarmament
Arms control organizations focus more on the limited success of New START than the vast amount of money spent to keep nuclear weapons going.
Can the Genie of Nuclear Knowledge Ever Be Put Back in the Bottle?
What good is disarmament if the knowledge of how to make nuclear weapons can’t be abolished?