Nuclear Arms and Proliferation

What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency?

What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency? What Will a Peace Movement Look Like Under Trump’s Second Presidency?

An all-hands-on-deck approach to the coming world of Donald Trump and crew is distinctly in order.

Nov 20, 2024 / William D. Hartung

President-elect Donald Trump appears onstage with US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) at the J.S. Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Will Be Chaos First, Not America First

His team of cronies includes establishment hawks and cranky outsiders who are more likely to deliver global anarchy than world peace.

Nov 18, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and US President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018.

The View from Moscow The View from Moscow

It’s complicated.

Nov 13, 2024 / Fred Weir

Donald Trump listens as Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during their joint news conference at the White House, February 15, 2017.

The Fallout of Biden’s Middle East Policy Is Now Trump’s Responsibility The Fallout of Biden’s Middle East Policy Is Now Trump’s Responsibility

In Trump’s hands, the country's diplomatic strategy in the Middle East can only get worse.

Nov 12, 2024 / Juan Cole

Terumi Tanaka, cochair of Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots Japanese organization of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, speaks during a press conference on October 12, 2024, in Tokyo, Japan.

Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize Nihon Hidankyo’s Bittersweet Receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize

The prize is a reminder that we must abolish and eliminate nuclear weapons.

Oct 18, 2024 / Ivana Nikolić Hughes and Peter Kuznick

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state-owned agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024.

Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond Putin Has Allowed the West to Cross So Many Lines That He Is Now Under Pressure to Respond

He’s also boxed himself in by his own language.

Sep 18, 2024 / Anatol Lieven

A nuclear test on May 25, 1953, at the Nevada Proving Grounds.

The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever The Nuclear Arms Race Is Back and More Terrifying Than Ever

The world is now closer to an actual nuclear conflagration than at any time since the end of the Cold War.

Sep 17, 2024 / Michael T. Klare

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is church.jpg A view of destroyed church in the Pokrovsk region, which has become a frontline area following a rocket strike of Russian forces in the Pokrovsk, Ukraine, on September 6, 2024.

Ukrainians Will Also Be Watching Tonight’s Presidential Debate Anxiously Ukrainians Will Also Be Watching Tonight’s Presidential Debate Anxiously

With Republicans divided over the issue of continuing military support for Ukraine, Democrats have had little to say on the issue. But tonight’s confrontation could change that.

Sep 10, 2024 / Leif Reigstad

Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

NATO heads of state participate in a Working Session of the NATO Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, on July 11, 2024.

NATO Charts a New Course NATO Charts a New Course

Will NATO encircle China next?

Jul 12, 2024 / Sevim Dagdelen

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