Military

Ukraine Needs to Stop Droning Russia’s Nuke Radars

Theodore Postol / Responsible Statecraft Jun 5, 2024 Attacks on the early warning system highlights the fragility of nuclear peace—and Kiev’s recklessness. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Film

40 Years After ‘The Day After’

Daryl G. Kimball / Arms Control Today Dec 4, 2023 The ABC made-for-tv film is a stark reminder that nuclear deterrence is a strategy that can and will fail someday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What If the Text Alert in Hawaii Had Been Real?

Tad Daley / Truthdig Jan 16, 2018 Dispatching text message alerts of actual incoming nuclear missiles might do more harm than good. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

‘Nuclear Weapons Are a Fact of Death, Not Life’

Dennis Kucinich / Truthdig Sep 26, 2017 Former U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich speaks at the U.N. on behalf of the Basel Peace Office, a coalition of international organizations dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Multilayered Strategy Hidden in North Korean Missile Launches

Eric Talmadge / AP Aug 29, 2017 Brace yourself for what deterrence experts call the “theory of victory.” Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

What Does an ‘America-First’ Foreign Policy Actually Mean?

By William J. Astore / TomDispatch Apr 15, 2017 Donald Trump's talk of finally winning again is a recipe for prolonging wars guaranteed to create more chaos and failed states in the Middle East, and possibly beyond. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Week the World Stood Still

By Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch Oct 16, 2012 In 1962, nuclear war with the Soviet Union was avoided by Khrushchev’s willingness to accept that the U.S. effectively owns the world by right and may deploy massive offensive force against those who even think of deterring the benign global hegemon. But we can hardly count on such sanity forever. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

Lou Cannon on Ronald Reagan

BLANK May 1, 2009 The debate over our 40th president's role in ending the Cold War continues with the publication of James Mann's "The Rebellion of Ronald Reagan." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )