Obama must recommit to eliminating nuclear arms in Hiroshima
Tomorrow, Obama will visit Hiroshima, where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb. He should recommit to the goal of global nuclear disarmament.
Toward a new foreign policy
U.S. foreign policy is dangerous, undemocratic, and deeply out of sync with real global challenges - is continuous war inevitable, or can we change course?
Nuclear deal with Iran would be historic achievement
Like all compromises, there may be parts of this deal that some Americans may like and others may not like.
Time for a 21st century U.S. foreign policy
With 16,000 of the world's 17,000 nuclear bombs in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. should certainly not be fanning the fires for a new cold war after the distressing events in Crimea and the Ukraine.
Nuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best
The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another country.
Iran nuke deal merits support
The last minute nuclear agreement worked out in Geneva on Sunday between Iran and the six-powers group is an important first step and merits the support of all progressive, peace-minded people.
Japan's right: going nuke?
Behind the current impasse over five tiny specks of land in the East China Sea is an influential right-wing movement in Japan.
Solyndra and the real risk to American taxpayers
The biggest risks to taxpayers, who underwrite federal loan guarantees, isn't renewable energy. It is nuclear power.
For the victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end nuclear arms
Nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare since Hiroshima and Nagasaki - but such good fortune may not last forever.
Realizing the promise of ‘nuclear spring’
Speaking in Prague a year ago, President Obama proclaimed "America's commitment to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons."
