Lena Herzog: The Age of Self-Mesmerism
The first thing that must be understood about nuclear war is that it is not war. —John Somerville By Lena Herzog The last days in the bunker were filled with…
Scott Ritter: Congress Must Prevent Nuclear War
Today is the gravest danger of nuclear war than at any time in the nuclear era. This is a reality so stark and intimidating that many people feel powerless to…
John Mearsheimer: Using Missiles as Diplomacy in Ukraine
By John Mearsheimer and Daniel Davis / Substack On 21 November 2024, I talked at length with Lt. Col. (ret.) Danny Davis on his podcast — “Deep Dive” — about…
Report: US and European Officials Discussed Giving Ukraine Nuclear Weapons
Western officials are less concerned that Russian President Vladimir Putin will escalate the conflict before Donald Trump takes office.
This Election Is Not Fiction: Our Nuclear Arms Race Demands We ‘Speak Now Against the Day’
It’s time to elect a president who will bring disarmament to the global agenda.
Life, Pre-empted/
By Scott Ritter / Scott Ritter Extra What would you do to save Democracy? To save America? To save the world? How will you vote in November? If you’re not…
Scott Ritter: 72 Hours
Last weekend, the world came very close to nuclear war.
Biden’s Legacy: The Decline of Arms Control and Disarmament
The danger of nuclear war resulting from an accident, an unauthorized action, the danger of alert practices, or false alarms should never be far from our thinking.
Scott Ritter: On a Highway to Hell
Nuclear weapons offer an illusion of security. By allowing the U.S. nuclear posture to shift from deterrence to employment, there will be a scenario where the U.S. will use nuclear…
A Looming Nuclear Catastrophe
During the Cold War, the concept of "escalation dominance" drove an arms race and nuclear paranoia, influenced by false notions and exaggerated threats. Today, the U.S. continues this trend, spending…
Scott Ritter: The Murder of Others
The U.S. has had a moral obligation to commemorate Nagasaki, but this year the U.S. refused to mark its murder of innocent Japanese by defending its murder of innocent Palestinians.
Modernizing Nuclear War
Seventy-nine years ago, the Truman administration dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing approximately 100,000 innocent civilians. Host Robert Scheer calls these horrific incidents…
World-Ending Maneuvers?
Inside the Nuclear-Weapons Lobby Today.
Scott Ritter: Voting Against Nuclear War
No matter who wins among the two major candidates in November, the United States is on track for a major existential crisis with Russia in Europe sometime in 2026.
Russia Says It May Deploy Nuclear Missiles in Response to New US Missile Deployment to Germany
The US is deploying missiles previously banned by the INF, a treaty between the US and Russia the Trump administration left in 2019.