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Global Nuclear Power in 2017 : Bankruptcies, Shutdowns, Abandoned Constructions Show A Deepening Crisis

Myhcle Schneider | WNISR The Year 2017 for Global Nuclear Power in a nutshell: 4 reactor startups (12 less than scheduled), 3 shutdowns, 4 construction starts, 2 abandoned constructions, bankruptcy of Westinghouse, bailout and…

The deterrence myth

In his classic The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (1989), Lawrence Freedman, the dean of British military historians and strategists, concluded: ‘The Emperor Deterrence may have no clothes, but he is still Emperor.’…

A reminder from Hawaii

On January 13, the residents of Hawaii received a startling phone alert: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Within seconds, fear spread…

Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), who was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. (Reuters / Tony Gentile)

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Is Honored With a Nobel Peace Prize

It has been just 10 years since ICAN first launched its astonishing campaign to ban nuclear weapons. By Alice Slater In Oslo on December 10, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded…

THE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR PROBLEM

KEVIN RUDD DECEMBER 21, 2017 I. INTRODUCTION In this essay, Kevin Rudd argues: “Diplomacy will be essential to avoid sleepwalking into war in Northeast Asia, and to achieve the denuclearization of…