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Nuclear Weapons Spending and its Staggering Opportunity Costs

Alicia Sanders-Zakre

ICAN’s Head of Policy, Alicia Sanders-Zakre, juxtaposes increases in nuclear weapons spending and a humanitarian landscape that is struggling with budget cuts, as detailed in ICAN's recently released “Premeditated: Nuclear Weapons Spending in 2025” report.

A Q&A with—and farewell to—Ploughshares’ inaugural Content Creator Cohort

Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action—An Interview with Jadira Gurulé

Statement on the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

Nuclear Weapons Spending and its Staggering Opportunity Costs

The Nuclear Movie Club Awards & Conclusion

8 Years Since the JCPOA—Lessons (Not) Learned

The Day After (1983)

A Q&A with—and farewell to—Ploughshares’ inaugural Content Creator Cohort

Threads (1984)

No War With Iran: A Movement, Not a Moment

Miracle Mile (1988)

When the Wind Blows (1986)

Please contact Ploughshares' Communications Manager Rebecka Green at rgreen@ploughshares.org for further information on any of these stories or to pitch topics and interviews.