Instituting a nuclear-energy program with substandard emergency preparedness is like starting a war without medical staff and hospitals.
Iran’s Weak Emergency Infrastructure Would Only Compound Effects of an Attack
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Lurching Towards War: A Post-Mortem on Strategic Patience
With all eyes on North Korea since its third nuclear test, remarkably little has been said about how we arrived at this crisis point. Inadequately contextualized as North Korea’s response to fortified UN sanctions, the latest nuclear test bespeaks the failure of U.S. diplomacy toward its historic enemy. As he enters his second term, Barack Obama must confront the role of strategic patience as a central driver of the simmering crisis in Korea.
How Our Obsession With Iran Increases Chances of Nuclear War With Russia
As it stands now, a toxic byproduct of our obsession with Iran’s nuclear program is the increased chance of nuclear war with Russia and China.
Non-nuclear Weapons States Forget How Much Power the NPT Affords Them
The NPT — a treaty in name only.
Nuclear Weapons Are Not Only a Threat to Our Survival, But to Democracy Itself
Understanding the implications of nuclear weapons may be too much for us mere mortals.
Time to End the Korean War
Thirty-eight years ago, just before Christmas, our lives as missionaries came to a sudden end when South Korea’s military dictator, Park Chung-hee, deported my husband, George Ogle, because he prayed in public for eight innocent men who had been falsely accused of having Communist ties, tortured to confess, and sentenced to death by secret military court.
Hiroshima in December
This is the holiday season — a time for family gatherings, holiday cheer, and goodwill toward mankind. This is the season of peace — that perennial and elusive thing we talk about so much yet have so little. But who talks about Hiroshima in December?
Does Pakistan’s National Pride Hinge on India Considering It a Threat?
Pakistan may not frighten India as much as it would like.
Y-12 Activists May Be Barred From Bringing up the Morality of Nukes at Their Trial
Transform Now Plowshares Three’s efforts were initially devalued because the only kind of soul searching resulting from their actions was about plant security, not the morality of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Weapons Laboratories National in Name Only
Nuclear weapons have become synonymous with big business.