Challenging Nuclearism: The Nuclear Ban Treaty Assessed
-Richard Falk Abstract On 7 July 2017 122 countries at the UN voted to approve the text of a proposed international treaty entitled ‘Draft Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear…
Macron’s Maneuvers on the New Cold War
Official Washington’s hawks are blocking President Trump’s desired detente with Russia, but that has opened a path for France’s new President Macron to mediate the New Cold War, Diana Johnstone…
Washington’s secret Doomsday plans
Attorney General Ed Meese arrived at Andrews Air Force Base before dawn on June 18, 1986, one of dozens of officials and staff from the Pentagon, State Department, White House,…
A rebuttal to critics of the nuclear weapon ban treaty
EXPERT COMMENTARY 24 JULY 2017 Nick RitchieSenior Lecturer in international securityDepartment of Politics, University of York In their Bulletin article of July 16, Scott Sagan and Benjamin Valentino critique the…
Jaitapur nuclear power plant: French firm EDF makes fresh proposal to NPCIL
EDF proposes to take care of engineering and a large share of procurement and wants the Nuclear Power Corporation of India to take care of construction. A French firm, which…