9 May, 2022
Imperial nostalgia and its perils
Although great empires rank among the most powerful engines of world history, they are also among the most dangerous, especially as they brood over their decline.
16 Apr, 2022
Military and economic power once again fail to produce happiness
Military and economic power once again fail to produce happiness by Lawrence S. Wittner 835 words Although the rulers of...
4 Apr, 2022
Who speaks for the world?
Russia’s brutal war upon the nation of Ukraine should remind us that, for thousands of years, great powers have used their military might to launch military assaults upon smaller, weaker societies.
7 Feb, 2022
What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today’s Ukraine Crisis
Commentators on the current Ukraine crisis have sometimes compared it to the Cuban missile crisis. This is a good comparison?and not only because they both involve a dangerous U.S.-Russian confrontation capable of leading to a nuclear war.
28 Jan, 2022
Let’s not allow the great powers to destroy the world
The vast destruction wrought by the atomic bombing of Japan in August 1945 should have been enough to convince national governments that the game of war was over...
8 Jan, 2022
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the World’s Future
by Lawrence S. Wittner 957 words Late January of this year will mark the first anniversary of the entry into...
22 Nov, 2021
Most Americans look favorably on global governance
Amid all the flag-waving, chants of “USA, USA,” and other nationalist hoopla that characterize mainstream politics in the United States, it’s easy to miss the fact that most Americans favor global governance...
24 Oct, 2021
Why is U.S. military spending increasing to new, outlandish levels?
Although critics of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan to increase funding for U.S. education, healthcare, and action against climate catastrophe say the United States can’t afford it, there are no such qualms about ramping up funding for the U.S. military...
11 Oct, 2021
Imagine a World with U.S.-China Cooperation
China, Biden, Xi Jinping, cooperation, confrontation, militarization, Taiwan, South China Sea, nuclear weapons...
19 Sep, 2021
The fate of Cassandra: Dire predictions go unheeded
In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess who was able to predict the future but unable to convince others to act upon her prophecies...
29 Aug, 2021
Building social solidarity across national boundaries
It’s easy to conclude that it’s not. In 1915, as national governments produced the shocking carnage of World War I, Ralph Chaplin, an activist in the Industrial Workers of the World, wrote his stirring song...
17 Aug, 2021
Baby teeth collected six decades ago will reveal the damage to Americans’ health caused by U.S. nuclear weapons tests
In 2020, Harvard University’s T. C. Chan School of Public Health began a five-year study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, that will examine the connection between early life exposure to toxic metals and later-life risk of neurological disease...
12 Jul, 2021
Conflict or Cooperation in U.S.-China Relations?
The United States and China, the world’s mightiest military and economic powers, are currently heading toward a Cold War or even a hot one, with disastrous consequences.
28 Jun, 2021
Nationalism on the Decline
Although, beginning in about 2015, nationalist political parties made enormous advances in countries around the world, more recently they have been on the wane.
2 May, 2021
The Fateful Choice: Nuclear Arms Race or Nuclear Weapons-Free World
The recent announcement by the British government that it plans a 40 percent increase in the number of nuclear weapons it possesses highlights the escalation of the exceptionally dangerous and costly nuclear arms race.