Posts Tagged: nuclear war
Is the Prospect of Nuclear War Really a Risk of the Past?
In an impressively-prepared television documentary, The Fog of War, one-time US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara warned about the limits of rationality in world politics --...
Nuclear War in the Middle East
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Israel’s “Iran nuclear problem” is not principally about enemy leaders who might go mad. The more worrisome existential problem for Israel...
UN Chief Plans Major Disarmament Push, but US Skeptical
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to launch a major push for disarmament talks covering everything from nuclear and cyber war to small arms, braving certain...
Pope Warns World Is One Step Away From Nuclear War
Pope Francis said on Monday he was really afraid about the danger of nuclear war and that the world now stood at "the very limit." His...
Iran Sanctions Are a Thing of the Past
The initial hubbub surrounding the deal struck in Geneva last month between Iran and world powers over the country's nuclear program has all but died...
North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike
CBS - North Korea on Thursday vowed to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States, amplifying its threatening rhetoric hours ahead...
