Nuclear disarmament

  • The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

    The July 7 adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by 122 nations at the United Nations in New York was an historic event. For the first time since the introduction of the atomic bomb in 1945, nuclear weapons — like biological and chemical weapons — are now banned by a...

    July 10, 2017 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Historic UN Vote on Banning Nuclear Weapons

    Historic UN Vote on Banning Nuclear Weapons

    For the first time in its 71 years, the global body voted to begin negotiations on a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. All nine nations with nuclear arms (the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea) opposed the resolution. However, with a...

    October 27, 2016 - By Joe Cirincione
  • This Is What Will Happen If We Don't Block North Korea

    This Is What Will Happen If We Don't Block North Korea

    North Korea’s fifth nuclear test, the latest in a series of brazen provocations, desensitizes us to the truly significant. While many will debate in the days ahead the details of the test , we are past asking what North Korea’s capabilities are. Instead we must focus on what can be done now to...

    September 16, 2016 - By Philip Yun
  • North Korea Just Got a Little Scarier

    North Korea Just Got a Little Scarier

    South Korea claims that North Korea has miniaturized a nuclear warhead to fit on the tip of a missile. They are probably right.

    April 6, 2016 - By Joe Cirincione
  • Russia, US and Nuclear

    Russia, US and Nuclear "Modernization"

    “The horror and reactions to the Paris massacre have overshadowed a troubling new twist in the US-Russian rivalry that could prove even more terrifying,” warns Joe Cirincione in the Huffington Post. “Russian state media recently ‘accidentally’ revealed plans for a bizarre new nuclear...

    December 9, 2015 - By Will Lowry

  • Rolling Back the Nuclear Weapons Tide – What You Can Do

    One trillion dollars. That is what the United States is planning to spend over the next 30 years as it refurbishes and maintains its aging Cold War nuclear arsenal. Your share as an average taxpayer: $6,789. These weapons do nothing to protect the United States in a post-9/11 world. But they still present catastrophic risk due to accident, miscalculation or (shudder) deliberate use. What can you do to help roll back the nuclear weapons tide?

    July 16, 2014 - By Eric Sutphin

  • Under the Radar: Nuclear Expansion in South Asia

    As the threat of a nuclear Iran dominates the nonproliferation arena, India and Pakistan are quietly, but significantly, expanding their nuclear weapons arsenals.

    August 13, 2012 - By Leah Fae Cochran

  • A billion people at risk?

    The following is a guest post from Ashish Sinha, Program Manager at Physicians for Social Responsibility.

    In recent weeks, nuclear-capable missile tests by North Korea, India, and Pakistan have reminded all of us why national security experts continue to feel South Asia and the Korean Peninsula represent among the highest risks to international peace and stability.

    May 8, 2012 - By admin

  • Need a Gift for Mother’s Day? Send a World Without Nuclear Weapons - Video

    Is Mother’s Day any one’s favorite holiday? We all love our mothers, but sometimes the pressure to find the right gift to express that love can be intense. To most of us, she’s one of the most important people in our lives, which is why it’s perhaps more difficult to find a gift that seems as important as she is. But what if Mother’s Day meant something more than commericialism? What if Mother’s Day was about peace?

    April 10, 2012 - By Margaret Swink

  • Lessons from Fukushima

    Anniversaries have a way of generating reflection and re-assessment, and that is a good thing. But next week’s anniversary of the Fukushima catastrophe risks missing a huge piece of the story – that ALL things nuclear are inherently risky and that our assumptions about how we can control them need to be rethought.

    March 9, 2012 - By Paul Carroll