THE DANGEROUS MYTHS ABOUT CHINA’S NUCLEAR WEAPONS
DAVID LOGAN / SEPTEMBER 18, 2020 Early this summer, as American and Russian diplomats gathered in Vienna to discuss extending the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, much of the focus was…
THE IMPACT OF A REGIONAL NUCLEAR CONFLICT BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN: TWO VIEWS
G. D. HESS SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, G. Dale Hess dissects the scientific debate on the severity of the climatic effects of a regional nuclear war…
56 former leaders and ministers of US allies urge states to join the nuclear weapon ban treaty
Fifty-six former presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers and defence ministers from 20 NATO member states, as well as Japan and South Korea, have just issued an open letter calling on…
Impact of Natural Background Radiation on Health
Understanding the Debate T S Krishnan (tskrishnan@iimnagpur.ac.in) is visiting faculty, Production and Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Nagpur. Annapureddy Rama Papi Reddy (papi@iimnagpur.ac.in) teaches at the Production and Operations…
Book Review: The Nuclear Arms Race, Then and Now
In “The Button,” former Defense Secretary William J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina survey the dangers of nuclear escalation. Top: The Minuteman missile was developed during the Cold War as…