Disarmament

Regarding Iran, America Must Look to the Constitution

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Disarmament, United Nations, International Law, Congress, U.S. Constitution, Iran, Un, Constitution, World News
Jonathan Granoff

Nothing can so erode confidence in the proper use of power by the strongest nation in the world than failure to adhere to the rules that we have agreed should be binding.

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Arms Down

John Feffer | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, u.s. Military Spending, Tom Coburn, Arms Trade Treaty, Arms-Trade, Barack Obama, Military Spending, Military Reductions, Disarmament, Arms Reduction, Arms Race, World News
John Feffer

We are in a dangerous zero-sum world in which a military reduction in the United States means a military increase somewhere else. To break out of this situation and create a virtuous circle of military reductions, we must pursue a three-prong strategy.

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Finding the Wisdom We Need to Survive

Robert Koehler | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: George Zimmerman, Returning to the Teachings, Disarmament, Stand Your Ground Law, Shaima Alawadi, Robert Bales Afghanistan, Trayvon Martin, Justice, Forgiveness, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Robert Koehler

I'm far more interested in forgiveness than justice. I say this just to calm myself down after a morning of media overkill, so to speak. There are s...

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One Burrito for Mankind

Steven Crandell | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Fast Food, President Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Taco Nobel, Seitan, Disarmament, Weird News, Spirit, Books, Celebrity, World News, Impact, Comedy News
Steven Crandell

Was it possible to order the burrito and hold the nuclear warhead?

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Wisdom or Fatal Folly

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Energy, Japan Nuclear Meltdown, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear, Fukushima, Disarmament, Japan Nuclear Reactor, Japan Nuclear Power, Green News
Jonathan Granoff

It is supreme arrogance to think that we will not make mistakes of judgment, that machines will not err or that human negligence can be avoided. The tragedy in Japan is a strong and deplorable wake-up call.

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The Paradox of Disarmament

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Control, National Rifle Association, Gabrielle Giffords Shooting, Disarmament, Guns, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The belief that only the armed are empowered has breached the constraints of social sanity. We owe it to the victims of the Tucson tragedy to examine our consciences and press for disarmament in thought and action.

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Where Does Nuclear Disarmament Go From Here?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, John McCain, Social Security, Mitch McConnell, Nuclear Weapons, Senate Republicans, Missile Defense, Disarmament, Medicare, New Start Treaty, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

Supporters of nuclear disarmament won an important victory with New Start. But the difficult battle to secure Senate ratification indicates that making further progress will not be easy.

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START-ing a New Security

Rhianna Tyson Kreger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonproliferation, Start, Nuclear, National Security, Disarmament, Politics News
Rhianna Tyson Kreger

For now let us all raise a glass in solidarity with our DC colleagues: here's to the START of renewed momentum on the Road to Prague.

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Bridging the Reality Gap

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonproliferation, Nuclear, Disarmament, Hiroshima, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, Politics News
Jonathan Granoff

START will not cripple our existing defenses, nor is it an act of unilateral disarmament. The fact is that nuclear weapons, in anybody's hands, are an existential threat to humanity.

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A Way Forward for Nuclear Arms Control

Jonathan Pearl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Reagan, Russia, Congress, American Exceptionalism, ABM Treaty, Ronald Reagan, Trust-but-Verify, 2010 Elections, Disarmament, George W. Bush, Lame Duck Session, Obama Administration, U.S., Iran, Obama National Security, Nuclear, New Start Treaty, Russia Nuclear Arms, Nuclear War, Intelligence, Nuclear-Reductions, George H.W. Bush, National Security, North Korea Nuclear Program, Washington, Elections 2010, United States Foreign Policy, Start Treaty, Cheating, Verification, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Arsenal, Rose Gottemoeller, Nuclear Arms, United States, Abm-Treaty, Arms Control, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, u.s. Foreign Policy, Bush Administration, Senate, Nuclear Weapons, Midterm Elections, Nuclear Arms Control, 2010 Midterm Elections, Moscow, North Korea, Politics News
Jonathan Pearl

Even if New START is ratified before the Democrats' Senate majority significantly shrinks, it will not help advance nonproliferation advocates' long-term goals unless a lost consensus on arms control fundamentals is rebuilt first.

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Nobel Peace Laureates' Summit: Inspiration From Hiroshima

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nobel Peace Prize, Hiroshima, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Disarmament, Politics News
Jonathan Granoff

The 11th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates will soon meet in Hiroshima, Japan, along President Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama. They are now asking President Barack Obama -- the 2009 Nobel recipient -- to join them.

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How Many Nuclear Weapons Does the U.S. Government Need?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons Complex, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Deterrence, U.S. Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, Nuclear Arsenals, Russian Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Weapons Policy, New Start Treaty, World News
Lawrence Wittner

It appears that the U.S. government's desire for nuclear weapons far outruns its need for them -- even by the logic of nuclear deterrence.

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A New Movement to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Arsenal, Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Henry Kissinger, Disarmament, Activism, War, United States, Wall Street Journal, Weapons, Activist, Barack Obama, Nuclear Threat, Chautauqua Institution, Wall Street, Nuclear Weapons, George Shultz, Nuclear Arsenals, Social Movements, Christian Leaders, Un, Security, Assumptions, Weaponry, Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Cold Warriors, World News
Jim Wallis

Nuclear disarmament is a job for faith -- and for the kind of social movements that faith at its best has always inspired.

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Michael Douglas and Yoko Ono Support Mayor Akiba and Nuclear Disarmament at John Catsimatidis' Fifth Avenue Home

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Margo Catsimatidis, John Cory, United Kingdom, World Peace, Disarmament, United Nations, 2020, Hiroshima, Arizona, Mad Cow Disease, Haya Bint Al Hussein, Pope John Paul, Elie Wiesel, 2010, Henry R. Luce Hall, Stevie Wonder, Mayors for Peace, American Dream, MAY 4TH, Tadatoshi Akiba, Militarism, John Catsimatidis, Chernobyl, Michael Fitzgerald, Npt, Yo-Yo Ma, Ernest Hemingway, The New Yorker, U.N. Messenger of Peace, Jonathan Schell, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Yoko Ono Lennon, The Fate of the Earth, George Clooney, Hibakusha, New York City, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Steven L. Leeper, May Day, Atomic Bomb, John Lennon, Arms Race, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Jacqueline Cabasso, Michael Douglas, New York News
Jim Luce

Mayors for Peace, headed by the Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, got a boost this week during the five-yearly review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferat...

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The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Past and Present

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Npt, Disarmament, United Nations, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, United States, NPT Review Conference, Cold War, Soviet Union, World News
Lawrence Wittner

Since the non-proliferation treaty took effect in 1970, almost all nuclear nations stopped building nuclear weapons. But even so, they've resisted honoring their full obligations under the NPT.

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A Season for Disarmament

Hans Blix | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Disarmament, Dmitry Medvedev, Barack Obama, Iran, Wmd, North Korea, World News
Hans Blix

Thanks to President Obama's initiative, perhaps the season for nuclear disarmament has finally arrived. A new U.S.-Russia treaty, while modest, is important and encouraging.

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What Nuclear Weapons Really Mean

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Psychohistory, Disarmament, Mohammed ElBaradei, Mohamed ElBaradei, World News
Russ Wellen

A Personal 'Nuclear Posture Review' When viewed on film, a nuclear weapons test might strike the discerning eye as a rip in the very fabric of exist...

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Can Nuclear Terrorists Be Deterred?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Terrorist Groups, Islamic, Nuclear Weapons, Attribution, Disarmament, Nuclear Forensics, Deterrence, World News
Russ Wellen

Terrorists, according to conventional thinking, are immune to deterrence. If they ever obtained nuclear weapons, they'd suffer few qualms about using them.

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The Wellspring of a New, Clear Nuclear Vision

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Think Tanks, Nuclear Weapons, Back Channel, Disarmament, North Korea Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Deterrence, Non-Proliferation, Proliferation, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Madrona Institute, World News
Russ Wellen

The field of nuclear weapons has long needed fresh perspectives. For decades there was deterrence, and then disarmament. Finally, there is a group with potential to break new ground.

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Persistent Efforts to Counter a Persistent Nuclear Threat

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, President, Fear, Presidential Election, President Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, Persistence, Disarmament, Global Nuclear War, Nuclear Attack, Weapons, Security, Cold War, Peace, World News
Jim Wallis

A generation has come of age when "Fall Out Shelter" signs are nothing but rusty remnants of a time long past.

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The End is Near: What's Your Personal Apocalypse?

Dan Dubno | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Weapons, TED Conference, Pakistan, AQ Khan, Global Warming, Iran Nuclear Weapons, War on Terror, Disarmament, Ufo, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, World News, Israel, World Economic Forum, Natural Disasters, Disaster, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, World News
Dan Dubno

It's always good fun predicting how our world will end. So many of us engage in this sport, I'm hoping we can somehow harness the considerable intellectual energy that goes into this question.

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North Korea Re-Starts Plutonium Production

Steven Crandell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: United States, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, North Korea, Nuclear Reactor, Disarmament, Politics News
Steven Crandell

While the United States deals with a potential economic meltdown, North Korea has decided to restart plutonium production at its five-megawatt nuclear reactor.

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Hey Pentagon, How Are Nuclear Weapons Working Out for You?

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Disarmament, War, Arms Control, Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb, The Bomb, Peace, Deterrence, Politics News
Russ Wellen

While for many of us, nuclear weapons conjure up images of burning flesh, moral appeals are lost on the Pentagon. Its only concern is winning wars.

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