Reporting, analysis, vision & strategy bearing on weapons & disarmament and international relations. This includes content relating to the economics of war, the military industrial complex, nuclear weapons, disarmament and demilitarisation, arms control and non-proliferation of weapons.
After the 2024 election, the White House website described what it called Donald Trumpās āmandate,ā beginning with āputting a stop to endless…
Much of the time, it seems as if the war machine runs on auto-pilot. Indeed, the United States has been engaged in…
Erdogan met him at the airport, which heads of state generally do not do. There were cannons. There were soldiers on horseback.…
‘I think when it comes to nuclear, we are really in a good place.’ With these words, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte…
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO…
Nuclear nonproliferation requires national sovereignty; states must believe that they can preserve their security without nuclear weapons. Where international law is respected,…
Most anti-imperialist, antiwar and Palestinian solidarity left U.S. Movement organizers and supporters in Boston, Massachusetts don’t believe that artificial intelligence [AI] technology…
Thunderous applause echoed through the San Francisco Opera House on June 26th, 1945, as diplomats signed the United Nations Charter. It was…
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent…
U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent…
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