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25 Dec, 2022

Nations of the world unite!

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Russia’s war upon Ukraine should remind us that violent international conflicts not only persist, but constitute a plague upon the world.

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23 Nov, 2022

China, Russia, and the Bomb

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Even international alliances can unravel when nations confront the insanity of a nuclear holocaust.

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28 Oct, 2022

Conservative governance has undermined U.S. life expectancy

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Although, in recent decades, American conservatives have embraced what they call the “Right to Life,” they have certainly done a poor job of sustaining life in the United States. That’s the conclusion that can be drawn from a just-published scientific study, “U.S. state policy contexts and mortality of working-age adults.”

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18 Oct, 2022

Bye-bye world: While nuclear weapons and wars exist, annihilation beckons

By Lawrence S. Wittner

It’s been a long time since the atomic bombings of August 1945, when people around the planet first realized that world civilization stood on the brink of doom.

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9 Oct, 2022

There is an alternative to war

By Lawrence S. Wittner

The war in Ukraine provides us with yet another opportunity to consider what might be done about the wars that continue to ravage the world.

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8 Aug, 2022

Why should war criminals operate with impunity?

By Lawrence S. Wittner

The issue of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine highlights the decades-long reluctance of today’s major military powers to support the International Criminal Court.

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8 Jul, 2022

Mercenaries today: The Wagner Group

By Lawrence S. Wittner

For many years, substantial military operations have been conducted by mercenaries, ranging from professional soldiers hired to fight wars for European potentates in the 14th century to the combat forces of Blackwater...

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20 Jun, 2022

Putin attempts to justify the unjustifiable

By Lawrence S. Wittner

The Russian government’s justifications for its war in Ukraine?the largest, most destructive military operation in Europe since World War II?are not persuasive.

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9 May, 2022

Imperial nostalgia and its perils

By Lawrence S. Wittner

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.

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16 Apr, 2022

Military and economic power once again fail to produce happiness

By Lawrence S. Wittner

Military and economic power once again fail to produce happiness by Lawrence S. Wittner  835 words Although the rulers of...

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4 Apr, 2022

Who speaks for the world?

By Lawrence S. Wittner

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.

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7 Feb, 2022

What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today’s Ukraine Crisis

By Lawrence S. Wittner

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.

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28 Jan, 2022

Let’s not allow the great powers to destroy the world

By Lawrence S. Wittner

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...

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8 Jan, 2022

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the World’s Future

By Lawrence S. Wittner

by Lawrence S. Wittner  957 words Late January of this year will mark the first anniversary of the entry into...

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22 Nov, 2021

Most Americans look favorably on global governance

By Lawrence S. Wittner

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...

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