Blogs about: Nuclear Abolition Ican
No room for deterrence in the logic of zero
John Loretz wrote 1 month ago: The Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament has been holding an important conference in Stockholm th … more →
France - enfant terrible in nuclear disarmament
Gunnar Westberg wrote 1 month ago: Will France at least discuss nuclear disarmament? France has a reputation of being the country wher … more →
The Climate Change Peril and the Nuclear Peril: Different in both Magnitude and Immediacy
Tad Daley wrote 1 month ago: It is difficult to dispute that global climate change poses the single greatest long-term peril to h … more →
Postcard from London: A call to action from Oslo
John Loretz wrote 2 months ago: I’ve traveled a lot as an IPPNW staff member, and I’ve never missed being home as much as I do now. … more →
The Truth about Qom
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Xanthe Hall wrote 2 months ago: It was revealed to the press by Presidents Obama and Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown on Friday, Sep … more →
Extended deterrence: Outdated, dangerous, wrong for Australia
John Loretz wrote 2 months ago: by Sue Wareham, OAM Barack Obama has issued a massive challenge to the world. It is a challenge to r … more →
Note to Security Council: The conditions for a nuclear-weapons free world already exist
John Loretz wrote 2 months ago: How do we “create the conditions” for a world without nuclear weapons? The UN Security Council has r … more →
The Right Decision on Missile Defenses
John Loretz wrote 2 months ago: The Obama administration’s decision to scrap plans for missile defense deployments in the Czech Repu … more →
A Giant Passes: Senator Edward M. Kennedy - 1932-2009
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John Loretz wrote 3 months ago: As the eulogies for United States Senator Ted Kennedy start to pour in following his death last nigh … more →
Halfway to a nuclear-weapons-free world?
John Loretz wrote 3 months ago: On July 15 the entire Southern Hemisphere became a nuclear-weapons-free zone (NWFZ). That’s when the … more →
The Strategic Value of Remembering
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John Loretz wrote 4 months ago: I visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the first time some 40 years after reading John Hersey’s accoun … more →
Apollo or Extinction
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Tad Daley wrote 4 months ago: On December 31st, 1999, National Public Radio interviewed the futurist and science fiction genius Ar … more →
Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century: Getting It Wrong
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John Loretz wrote 4 months ago: Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldn’t get to sea. I had another look and … more →
They did not find the reset button
Gunnar Westberg wrote 5 months ago: Maybe we had expected too much. There had been so many promises. In his speech in Prague in April Pr … more →
Obama, Medvedev, and the Demise of Nuclear Deterrence
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Tad Daley wrote 5 months ago: and Kevin Martin If our thousands of nuclear weapons actually do serve to deter, then why should we … more →
The new nuclear math
John Loretz wrote 6 months ago: Pick a number. Any number. How about 1,500? That’s how many nuclear weapons General Nikolai Solovtso … more →
Nuclear Posture Review
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Xanthe Hall wrote 6 months ago: WAND has a great action going at the moment, although it seems that only US citizens can use the for … more →
Power struggle in North Korea
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Gunnar Westberg wrote 6 months ago: Despite speculation in the Western media about recent developments in the DPRK — in particular the n … more →
Dreams and nightmares
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John Loretz wrote 6 months ago: In the 1980s, I had recurring nightmares about nuclear war. Lots of people did. The nightmares, unfo … more →
