Scott Ritter: The Future of US Nuclear Strategy
The fallout from Washington’s policy of seeking Russia’s strategic defeat has seen Moscow radically alter its arms control position. That raises important questions about the winner of the next U.S.…
On Missing Dr. Strangelove
Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb.
US, UK, Australia Unveil AUKUS Nuclear-Powered Submarine Deal
By David DeCamp / Antiwar.com On Monday, the US, Britain, and Australia unveiled their plans to develop nuclear-powered submarines under AUKUS, a military pact the three countries signed in September…
Daniel Ellsberg Is Calling on All of Us to Work to Avert Nuclear War
The legendary whistleblower has been diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer.
UN Disarmament Official Lays Out Path to Reverse ‘Dangerous’ Nuclear Trends
"Though we are living in a moment of increased confrontation and militarization, one fundamental truth remains unchanged: The only way to eliminate nuclear risk is to eliminate nuclear weapons."
Caitlin Johnstone: There Has Never In History Been A Greater Need For A Large Anti-War Movement
By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack Things are escalating more and more rapidly between the US-centralized power structure and the few remaining nations with the will and the means to stand…
How Can the Peace Movement Be More Effective?
By Tom Valovic / Mass Peace Action I’m probably not your typical peace activist. Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve been involved in a variety of volunteer and…
Putin Announces Suspension of the New START Treaty
New START is the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia.
Australia’s B-52 Nuclear Weapons Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch It is not farfetched to make the point that delivery systems capable of deploying nuclear weapons will lead to them carrying those very same weapons.…
Nostalgia for the Cuban Missile Crisis
By Roger Harris / CounterPunch Sixty years ago, a crowd of us young people anxiously massed around a black-and-white TV in my college student union building. The US and the…
It Is 90 Seconds to Midnight
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting…
US, Russia to Hold New START Talks in Egypt Starting November 29
Russia's deputy FM says the talks could lead to higher-level negotiations.
Russia Says US Lowering ‘Nuclear Threshold’ By Upgrading Nukes in Europe
The US is replacing its B-61 nuclear bombs at air bases in Europe with an upgraded version.
The Cuban Missile Crisis Cover-Up
How JFK and Robert Kennedy hid the quid pro quo that saved the world from nuclear war.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Lunatic Argument That Nuclear Brinkmanship Makes Us Safe
The imperial spinmeisters for the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine are trying to get us to believe that de-escalation is dangerous.