Correspondent Peter Iseman wrote in 1988 that despite the Cold War being in full swing, there were “none of the customary hardware of hostility”.
May only mysteries and wonders await them
I’m old enough to have gone through the “duck and cover” drills of the early 1960s, when adults were bracing for the potential of a nuclear attack by …
Trump voices ‘second thoughts’ about escalating trade war with China
Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was Iran’s lead negotiator on the nuclear deal that Trump scuttled and European leaders have attempted to salvage, …
Anson Burlingame: Dismantling nuclear arms control is wrong
The world already has enough nuclear warheads to deter war of such a nature. Use that simple fact as a basis to move forward, not backward, for the …
NGUGI: Modi’s action on Kashmir triggers fears of an apocalyptic nuclear war
The action has fuelled anger in Kashmir and Pakistan, and revived fears of a conventional or even nuclear war between the rival nations of India and …
Kashmir may provide spark for Pakistan-India nuclear war: US think tank
The report highlights the “specter of nuclear war” looming over tensions between nuclear-armed neighbours Pakistan and India, which have spiked …
Kashmir dispute could spark South Asia’s nuclear fuse: report
A United States think-tank, in a report, has warned the international community that “the spectre of nuclear war haunts tensions between India and …
Maine Voices: We have created a culture of fear that needs to change
During the height of the Cold War, when “duck and cover” drills became … Just as young people during the Cold War feared nuclear annihilation, …
Floods, the language of nature
According to a survey in Britain in 2015, as many as 23 per cent of the people think life on earth would end either with a nuclear war or on account of …
Chopra ‘retains right to speak on issues in personal capacity’: UN spokesperson
In a letter to UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on Wednesday, she also alleged that Chopra is in favour of a “nuclear war” between India …