Michael Klare / TomDispatchDec 20, 2018
As AI plays an increasing role in military affairs, human roles, even in nuclear decision-making, are likely to be progressively diminished. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Emily Wells / TruthdigAug 9, 2017
Although Trump’s inflammatory remarks sparked concern, his own administration doesn’t take his threats seriously. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 12, 2017
A new documentary by John Pilger exposes how U.S. military buildup in the Pacific has encircled China—and how local communities across Asia are resisting American nuclear and naval takeover. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Robert Scheer / TruthdigMay 11, 2016
President Barack Obama visited Hiroshima on Friday, the first sitting U.S. president to do so since the World War II atomic bombings of Japan. To acknowledge the historic trip, Truthdig reposts Editor in Chief Robert Scheer's 2007 piece recalling the bombings. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 4, 2015
In a move to allay the Persian Gulf state’s concerns over the Iran nuclear deal, the Pentagon is completing an agreement to provide weapons for the Saudi military effort against Islamic State and Yemen. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 17, 2015
To understand why the Iran nuclear deal is such a triumph, consider the most likely alternative: war. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 16, 2015
The Russian president used the opening of Patriot Park to announce a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear arsenal. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Jasmin Ramsey, AlterNetMar 10, 2012
Amid media reports on the possible approach of war, rhetoric demonizing the Iranian government is rampant, much of it untrue. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigMar 8, 2012
Unlike his irresponsible critics on the right, Obama cannot ignore the potential costs of another Mideast war, which could wreck fragile economies both here and abroad, increase the peril to U.S. troops in Afghanistan as well as throughout the region, and perhaps escalate into a global conflict of unpredictable scope. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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