5 Dec, 2017
What Kind of Nuclear Attack Would be Legal?
“US general says order to launch nuclear weapons can be refused if illegal —Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18” John LaForge Published...
6 Nov, 2017
Harvard U Colloquium: Nuclear First Strike Is It Constitutional, Is It Lawful, Is It Just?
“Your correspondent attended the November 4 Harvard University colloquium on the topic: Is Nuclear First Strike Legal or Just? The...
15 Oct, 2017
The calm before the storm
“Every time Donald Trump blurts or tweets a shocker — “maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” for instance —...
12 Oct, 2017
The Mote in North Korea’s Eye, the Forest in the USA’s Eye
“Mass murder of 59 is the mote in the eye of that lone “Las Vegas” killer and we all condemn...
9 Oct, 2017
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
“In recent months, advances in the North Korean government’s nuclear weapons program have led to a sharp confrontation between the...
8 Oct, 2017
A Nobel prize for sanity?
“The Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a wonderful tribute to the many...
5 Oct, 2017
US Bomb Tests and Bidding Wars Herald New (Unlawful) $1.5 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Complex
“While much of the world pursues the abolition of nuclear weapons — embraced by the adoption July 7 by 122...
2 Oct, 2017
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Machines
“When our children, one girl, one boy, were in their pre-teens, my wife instituted “ladies’ day” as a special occasion...
19 Sep, 2017
A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities Is Good, But Not Good Enough
“The North Korean government’s progress toward developing a long-range nuclear weapons capability, accompanied by bellicose pronouncements, has been alarming enough…”...
18 Sep, 2017
Dealing with North Korean Missiles
“Small powers often have leverage well above their size and capabilities. North Korea is the example par excellence today: It...
17 Sep, 2017
Help Wanted: Experienced Diplomats to Resolve Worst Nuclear Crisis in 55 Years, Rookie Presidents and Secretaries of State Need Not Apply
“With North Korea’s alarming escalation of its nuclear weapons and missile programs, humanity faces our most dire nuclear situation since...
13 Sep, 2017
“Top German politicians want US nuclear weapons out” — Did anti-nuclear actions propel issue into national elections?
“A series of anti-nuclear weapons actions between March and August at Air Base Büchel in Germany brought widespread media attention...
10 Sep, 2017
Common Sense and North Korea
“The phrase “common sense” implies practical and prudent good judgment, with a further implication that the obviousness of common sense...
5 Sep, 2017
Sixth grade recess
“How close are we today to nuclear war between the United States and North Korea? As close as somebody in...
2 Sep, 2017
Echoes of Reagan: Another Nuclear Buildup
“Thirty years ago Americans endured an absurd expansion of the US nuclear-weapon force under President Reagan…” Mel Gurtov Published in:...