Nuclear Disarmament

Despite stating that it is 'committed' to nuclear disarmament, Canada's federal government refuses to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), write Setsuko Thurlow and Bianca Mugyenyi. A decommissioned U.S. Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is seen at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Ariz. The Treaty on…

Foreign secretary Harsh Shringla said India’s approach to nuclear disarmament was encapsulated in its working ...Read MoreNEW DELHI: India reiterated on Saturday its long-standing and unwavering commitment to “universal, verifiable and non-discriminatory” nuclear disarmament leading to the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, in line with the final document of the…

While Hillary Clinton lost her 2016 bid to become the first woman to lead the U.S., there have been onscreen trailblazers who’ve occupied the Oval Office Thom Geier | October 1, 2020 @ 12:08 PM Last Updated: October 1, 2020 @ 12:25 PM Polly Bergen, "Kisses for My President" (1964) …

On the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is imperative not to historicize the suffering of those who died, but to situate the memory of them in the present struggle against the threat of nuclear militarism. More than 210,000 people killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years…

Key Point: There were a few folks who went through this bad experience. Mr. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was one of those people and here is his story. Nearly seventy-five years ago in August 1945, at least 150,000 people may have been killed in Hiroshima when the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city.…

A cold beer always tastes best when drunk with friends after work on a summer’s day. As most of Europe continues to emerge from the deprivations of lockdown, this pillar of basic human happiness is returning to the social calendar. Restaurants and cafes are also slowly re-opening, to be joined…

Most people would like to see a world freed from the shadow of nuclear destruction. It might seem odd therefore to agree with China’s insistence on not joining in arms control talks with the United States.This week saw the US and Russia resuming long-overdue discussions on arms control. The Trump…

As U.S.-Russia talks on the future of the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals begin in Vienna on Monday, diplomats and experts warned that President Donald Trump’s insistence that China join the discussions could obstruct the renewal of a crucial treaty and might even precipitate a new nuclear arms race.Russia's lead…

US President Donald Trump “pleaded” with China’s Xi Jinping during a 2019 summit to help his reelection prospects, says the new book by former Trump adviser John Bolton, according to an Associated Press report on Wednesday. The book accuses the President of being driven by political calculations when making national…

Author of the article:Andrew CohenPublishing date:6 hours ago  •  3 minute readWASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 15: U.S. President Donald Trump. Pool / Getty ImagesArticle contentIn 1964, a film called Seven Days in May raised a frightening prospect: A military coup in the United States, unseating a president who had negotiated a…