The rapid attack could establish territorial gains requiring a large-scale land war to liberate—with the imminent threat of an escalation to nuclear …
Art House Extra: Imagining ‘The Day After’ a Nuclear War
That was the premise behind the 1983 television movie “The Day After,” a speculative nuclear war movie directed by Nicholas Meyer. The film was …
Everyone is needed in bid for a future free of nuclear
A government report in the late-1950s concluded that a nuclear war would annihilate the country and that civil defence was pointless. With Trump in …
Only regime change can end North Korea’s nuclear threat
The Trump administration has blown hot and cold on Kim and his regime. The president has threatened to respond to any North Korean attack with “fire …
Naval Group begins sea trials of SSN Suffren
Naval Group has announced the start of sea trials for the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine manufactured for the French Navy. A total of …
India, Pakistan ‘nuclear purchase networks larger than thought’
A few years later, in 2002, the two foes almost went to war for a fourth time, following an attack by Pakistan-based armed groups on the Parliament in …
Going Viral
Our doomsday scenarios often involve nuclear war, zombie humans, space alien invasion, asteroid impact, supervolcanic eruption, solar flares and …
Current Economic Policies Have Capitalism on Life Support: Effective Actions to Rescue It
As President Kennedy had in mind, the risk of nuclear war could be reduced and world peace initiated. Rather than bombing, invading, and occupying …
Global health governance in the post-COVID-19 era
In a “TED Talk” in 2015, entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates said: “When I was a kid, the disaster we worried about most was a nuclear war.
The Precipice – Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity: a thesis of sweeping optimism
As the atomic fireball rose into the desert sky, one observer, Harvard … book is not just a familiar story of the perils of climate change or nuclear war.