After the nuclear weapons ban treaty: A new disarmament politics
Zia Mian A treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons was adopted by an overwhelming vote and met with loud cheers this week at the United Nations. More than 70…
India’s Answer to Trump on Climate Is Nuclear Power
This isn’t India’s first nuclear push. “Targets have been set, and they’ve always been missed,” says M.V. Ramana, professor at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of…
No More Con Games! Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now!
by N.D.Jayaprakash One of the biggest failures of the United Nations (UN) since its founding was its inability to halt the nuclear arms race and take any significant step towards…
New life for New START?
Ian Johnson Joel Beckner Heng Qin Nadezhda Smakhtina In December 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared: “We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces ... especially with…
Toward a Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons
By Daryl G. Kimball Nearly five decades ago, the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) established the requirement that states-parties pursue “effective measures” to end the nuclear arms race and to…