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?
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.
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.
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."
For true nuclear security, disarmament is essential
Much rests on next month's review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty - in particular, the obligation of all signers to achieve complete nuclear disarmament.
New chapter in U.S.-India relations
There is substantial symbolism in this week's visit of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the United States.
