Turning Space Into a War Zone
The Trump administration is pushing hard on its scheme to create a Space Force. Last week Vice President Pence, chairman of a newly reconstituted National Space Council, in a speech…
Nuclear Weapon States’ Long Arm Seen Behind Deferral of Landmark UN Conference
By Alyn Ware The writer is Co-Chair, World Future Council Disarmament Commission. NEW YORK (IDN) – May 14, 2018 was supposed to see the opening at the United Nations of a…
Nuclear power: private profits, social costs
Posted Jul 04, 2018 by M. V. Ramana Places: United States In June 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly ordered the use of emergency federal powers granted by the 1950 “Defense Production Act, a…
After the Singapore Summit
July/August 2018 By Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director The historic if brief encounter on June 12 between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides a hopeful…
No Surprise: The Bomb Has Made a Bad Situation Worse in South Asia
Testing nuclear devices opens up a Pandora’s box of requirements that can be relieved only by accepting a modus vivendi with an adversary or by accepting minimal deterrence from the…