20 Jun, 2017
“Would you like a drink of water?” Please ask a Yemeni child
“This week, in New York City, representatives from more than 100 countries will begin collaborating on an international treaty…” Kathy...
11 Jun, 2017
National Illusions and Global Realities
“For as long as they have existed, nations have clung to the illusion that their military strength guarantees their security…”...
6 May, 2017
United States Says ‘Yes’ to Nuclear Weapons Tests, ‘No’ to a Nuke Ban Treaty
“Twice in seven days the United States shot nuclear-capable long-range missiles toward the Marshall Islands, but the same government refused…”...
27 Apr, 2017
A public plan for peace
“The American will to wage war — endless war, pointless war, total war — is, I fear, impervious to public...
26 Apr, 2017
No Exit? The NY Times and North Korea
“Three opinion pieces on US policy toward North Korea have appeared in the New York Times in the past week…”...
15 Apr, 2017
Tax Day – the Nuclear Option
“”Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” Former vice president...
7 Apr, 2017
“They’ll Never Learn” Department: Trump and North Korea
“As Donald Trump prepares to meet Xi Jinping, his administration is going down the old road of believing it can...
6 Apr, 2017
Our Nuclear Folly
“The well-established assumption that North Korea is our most difficult and dangerous foreign policy challenge is worth a little dispassionate...
29 Mar, 2017
Let’s Come to Our Senses on Nukes
“President Trump, the tweeter-in-chief, famously used that platform to announce, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear…”...
10 Mar, 2017
President Donald Trump Should Make a Deal with North Korea
“President Donald Trump likes to be known for his deal-making, and now he has the opportunity to make deals that...
8 Mar, 2017
The moment of the fool
“Obama . . . Trump. Could there be a bigger contrast — in attitude, style, comportment, philosophy? What irony that…”...
8 Mar, 2017
Mad About THAAD: An Untimely Decision
“The US decision, supported by the South Korean government, to deploy an antimissile system known as THAAD (Terminal High Altitude...
26 Feb, 2017
Why Should Trump? or Anyone? Be Able to Launch a Nuclear War?
“The accession of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency brings us face-to-face with a question that many have tried to...
31 Jan, 2017
Should We Keep Wasting Money on Missile Defense?or Invest in Something Useful?
“When Americans criticize wasteful government spending, they often fail to realize that the biggest sinkhole for public funds is what’s...
27 Jan, 2017
2 ½ Minutes to Midnight – Our World in Peril
“The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Thursday its latest nuclear Doomsday Clock. In so doing they moved the symbolic minute...