Some have even argued for going down to just one leg of the Cold War triad, eliminating Air Force ICBMs and air-launched weapons in favor of a total …
Days of the Future Passed: A Syncretic Look at the Problems of Empire – Book Excerpt
An additional military factor is the threat of nuclear war, an event only a hair trigger action away from ultimately ending all of our problems. The current …
State-sponsored assassination: New tools, old questions
Yet last month’s deadly strike against a key figure in Iran’s nuclear program has roots … For the attack on Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the latest sign that …
Jake Sullivan on Russia
Although the risk of conflict in Asia’s hot spots is serious, it is by no means as high, nor is the threat of nuclear escalation as great, as it was in Cold War …
Dean Ing (1931-2020)
His Ted Quantrill series, set in a USA devastated by nuclear war, is Systemic … Ing also contributed to Larry Niven’s Man-Kzin Wars series, and wrote …
Peaky Blinders’ Joe Cole to play Harry Palmer in ITV’s adaptation of spy classic The Ipcress File
… sergeant Harry Palmer making a load of money in dodgy dealings as a fixer and smuggler while the threat of nuclear war hangs over the divided city …
US Aggressively Exercises Containment Policy On Russia – Lavrov
“We have long ago proposed, and we see no reciprocity from the US, to reaffirm the unacceptability of nuclear war in our countries’ statement, …
Nobel Peace Prize 2020: UN World Food Programme, winner of the award
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohamed ElBaradei “for … International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War “for spreading …
The Chart of Doom: Ranking Apocalypses
Asteroids can be detected, but doing something about them might prove difficult. We’ve lowered the threat of nuclear war — for now. Supervolcanoes?
Rise in Israeli strikes in Syria has led to decrease of Iranian activity
A series of mysterious “accidents” targeting Iran’s missile and nuclear program over the summer led many to wonder if the IDF’s war-between-wars …