DONALD TRUMP will still have the power to declare war and press the nuclear “red button” even if he loses the 2020 US Presidential election …
Nagasaki pushes central gov’t to sign, ratify UN nuke ban treaty
In the resolution, the assembly of the southwestern Japan city that was devastated by an atomic bomb attack late in World War II also asked the central …
Koreans watch closely as US presidential election nears
Trump often boasted, including in the last U.S. presidential debate, that he prevented “nuclear war” on the Korean Peninsula, stressing his “good …
Treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons receives 50th ratification
While this will not immediately eliminate the threat of nuclear war, it is a significant step in the right direction. Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the …
War and Peace: The Story of Parallel Universes
Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) …
Will India now be pushed to fight America’s wars, asks former MEA Salman Khurshid
Do we need a war with a nuclear neighbour, with another checking out its own weapons? Of course, India will not baulk at a war to defend its dignity …
Month: October 2020
… will “enter into force” in 90 days, on Jan. 22, 2021, and become international law. While this will not immediately eliminate the threat of nuclear war, it …
(US election) (News Focus) Much hangs on line for S. Korea in US presidential election
… between the United States and a nuclear war with the communist North. “His claims of having prevented a war on the Korean Peninsula are …
Good Governance Paper No. 20: Repairing and Strengthening Norms of Nuclear Restraint
The NC3 system inherited from the Cold War has been technologically … The statute defines “imminent” temporally: adversary nuclear attack is …
The dangerous psychology of Donald Trump
One especially frightening arena for pathological behavior of this kind is foreign and security policy, and specifically the threat of nuclear war. Danger: …