Nuclear Disarmament

The people of London have had long-lasting love affair with the caffeine-filled stone fruit known as the coffee bean. From the time that it was first introduced to the isle in the 17th century, coffeehouses fostered a fertile atmosphere where people could gather to exchange ideas and argue their philosophical…

Once again operating out of their well-worn playbook, the Democrats are spinning the cylinder and placing the gun to their heads in suggesting the Russians are backing the President’s re-election, and once again they missed the empty chamber and fired a bullet into their leading candidate. In 2016, when they claimed that…

CHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFFJustice Minister Andrew Little will travel to Berlin to represent New Zealand at a high-level summit on nuclear disarmament. (File photo)Justice Minister Andrew Little will travel to Berlin to represent New Zealand at a high-level summit on nuclear disarmament. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will this year celebrate 50 years since it…

Hola, bonjour, bom Dia, 早上好, and guten Morgen! It’s the end of the week: Friday, February 21, 2028, and only two days before I depart for Paris (I’ll be gone a week). It’s a day of delicious but unhealthy breakfasts:National Pancake Day and also National Sticky Buns Day (the latter…

Military & Intelligence18:11 GMT 14.02.2020(updated 20:58 GMT 14.02.2020) Get short URLKurdish solidarity activists warn that the UK government is using and abusing terrorism laws to criminalise acts of solidarity with groups even though they are not banned as terrorist organisations.The father and brother of Daniel Newey, a UK volunteer who…

The Trump administration is mulling hiring a special negotiator for nuclear talks with Russia as the last arms control treaty between the two nations is set to expire next year, Politico reported.  A high-level negotiator would be recruited to act as a special envoy for the negotiations with Russia, although Trump may…

The day before the 1960 New Hampshire presidential primary, candidate John F. Kennedy talked about America's great hope for disarmament. Speaking at the University of New Hampshire, JFK said "No hope is more basic to our aspirations as a nation" than disarmament. JFK exclaimed "there is no greater defense against…

Arundhati Roy has been named a finalist in category of Essays and Criticism for “India: Intimations of an Ending.” Contact: Caitlin Graf, The Nation, press thenation.com, 212-209-5400 New York, NY—February 7, 2020—The Nation is honored to announce that we’ve been nominated for a 2020 National Magazine Award for Arundhati Roy’s…

by Peter Sobczynski February 6, 2020   |   As a result of having caught the movie bug at a very early age, I must confess that in many cases, I cannot specifically remember when I first encountered many of the greats of the silver screen for the first time—I have adored…

Philip Henshers writing has always trailed the vices of its extraordinary virtues. But in his recent work, the balance seems to have tipped. Discipline has disappeared. Vice reigns. The garrulous and relaxed has become the merely loping and loquacious. Fertil…