Nuclear Arms and Proliferation

US-Israel Showdown? US-Israel Showdown?

Does Obama have the guts for a full-frontal confrontation with the Israel lobby?

Mar 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment Obama Trapped Behind Wall of Mideast Containment

Why the Obama administration's efforts to achieve a Middle East peace between the Israelis and Palestinians are inextricably linked to its efforts to bring Iran to heel.

Oct 7, 2009 / Feature / Ira Chernus

Huge Hurdles to Nuclear and Energy Reform Huge Hurdles to Nuclear and Energy Reform

At the UN this week, Barack Obama told the world to stop complaining about US hegemony and start working with Washington on big global problems. He should take his own advice.

Sep 25, 2009 / Barbara Crossette

Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day

The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.

Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg

For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War

On the 64th anniversary of atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the threat of a nuclear war remains potent. US nuclear policy hasn't changed enough since the Bush years.

Aug 5, 2009 / Feature / Frida Berrigan

Obama’s Nuclear Challenge Obama’s Nuclear Challenge

Obama's promise to move toward disarmament is not the same as achieving it.

Apr 15, 2009 / Jonathan Schell

North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks

North Korea's rocket launch has set the hawks circling, threatening Obama's non-proliferation agenda before it's off the ground. Chuck Hagel is pushing back.

Apr 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

We Can’t Talk to Iran, But We Can Sell Them Weapons We Can’t Talk to Iran, But We Can Sell Them Weapons

My latest turn on Bloggingheads TV gave me a chance to vent on a particular issue that's been driving me crazy amid the entire back and forth about appeasement and diplomacy, parti...

May 28, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Leaving Cheyenne Mountain Leaving Cheyenne Mountain

Post-cold war America is looking a lot like the former Soviet Union.

Apr 17, 2008 / Feature / William J. Astore

New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary New Hampshire’s Nuclear Primary

Edwards and Kucinich oppose nuclear power plants; Obama and Clinton are very much in favor: Will voters care?

Jan 7, 2008 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman

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