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.
Destabilizing the US-Russian Nuclear Balance
Natylie Baldwin interviews Theodore Postol of MIT on the implications of reports that Ukraine recently struck a radar used by Russia’s nuclear early-warning system.
Hundreds of Scientists Urge Biden to Cancel $100 Billion Nuclear Weapons Boondoggle
"There is no sound technical or strategic rationale for spending tens of billions of dollars building new nuclear weapons," an expert said.
US Announces It Will Deploy Previously Banned Nuclear-Capable Missiles to Germany
The deployment of land-based Tomahawk missiles would have violated the INF Treaty, which the US withdrew from in 2019.
US Mayors for Peace Call for Dialogue in a Time of Nuclear Danger
“If you don’t think nuclear weapons are a local issue, just ask the mayors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
There Is No Such Thing as a Small Nuclear War
Recent announcements by the US and NATO threaten to escalate the conflict in Ukraine and create the most dangerous threat to world peace since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Ray McGovern: Why Is Putin in North Korea?
By Robert Scheer and Ray McGovern / Original to ScheerPost In the seventh episode of “Playing President,” Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA veteran and briefer of five presidents, continues to make…
Michael Brenner: Still Unthinkable?
The United States's provocative actions are the principal reason the "unthinkable" possibility of nuclear war is becoming ever more likely.