nuclear disarmament

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• 2/7/19
  

  Don’t Expect Rulers of Nuclear-Armed Nations to Accept Nuclear Disarmament―Unless They’re Pushed to Do So

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Although the rulers of nuclear-armed nations are usually eager to foster nuclear buildups, substantial public pressure can secure their acceptance of nuclear disarmament.    

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• 1/20/19
  

  Dr. King's Legacy and Nuclear Disarmament

  by William Lambers

  Few people know Dr. King was also an activist for nuclear disarmament and urged peace during the Cold War nuclear arms race. 

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• 12/2/18
  

  What Has Wheaties – Yes, the Breakfast Cereal – Got to Do with Nuclear Disarmament?

  by William Lambers

  It is the breakfast of champions and nuclear disarmament. 

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• 3-8-18
  

  Review of Lawrence S. Kaplan’s “Harold Stassen: Eisenhower, the Cold War, and the Pursuit of Nuclear Disarmament”

  by Ron Briley

  In the age of Trump, the Republican Party could use someone like Harold Stassen.

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  5-24-15
  

  US Kneejerk support for Israeli Nukes Torpedoes UN Disarmament Talks

  by Juan Cole

  The US vetoed the document because it contained a clause requiring Israel to meet with Arab neighbors and to participate in talks leading to the making of the Middle East a nuclear free zone.

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• Is the Obama Administration Abandoning Its Commitment to a Nuclear-Free World?

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  In a major address in Prague on April 5, 2009, the newly-elected U.S. president, Barack Obama, proclaimed "clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." On January 24, 2013, however, Senator John Kerry, speaking at Senate confirmation hearings on his nomination to become U.S. secretary of state, declared that a nuclear weapons-free world was no more than “an aspiration,” adding that “we’ll be lucky if we get there in however many centuries.” Has there been a change in Obama administration policy over the past four years?