arms control

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• 3/28/2021
  

  Can Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Overcome the Opposition?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  People who want to end the nightmare of nuclear destruction that has haunted the world since 1945 should consider widening the popular appeal of nuclear weapons abolition by strengthening the UN’s ability to provide international security.

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• SOURCE: The Asia-Pacific Journal
  2/15/2021
  

  Will the Nuclear Powers Ever Be Willing to Forgo Their Nuclear Weapons?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The collapse of the Soviet Union has paradoxically created a climate where the perceived danger of nuclear weapons has waned, taking energy from a growing movement toward arms control and disarmament. 

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• 1/17/2021
  

  The Great Evasion

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Joe Biden should reverse the nation's long dereliction of duty in leading the world toward nuclear disarmament and reducing the threat of nuclear war.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/31/2020
  

  George Shultz Speaks Out for Renewing U.S. Leadership Overseas

  The long-serving Secretary of State's new book laments the unwillingness of current leadership to embrace the international cooperation and diplomacy needed to solve the world's largest problems.   

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• 11/10/19
  

  It’s Been 32 Years since the Conclusion of the INF Treaty Yet Arms Control Is Still Vital

  by Stephan Kieninger

  It is imperative to avoid a situation where we might have no arms control and no mutual verification at all. Against the backdrop of the Trump Administration’s loathing of arms control, it will be up to the European NATO allies to conceptualize a new arms-control framework for the post-INF world.

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• 5/26/19
  

  How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race?

  by Lawrence Wittner

  On September 25, 1961, dismayed by the Soviet Union’s recent revival of nuclear weapons testing, John F. Kennedy used the occasion of his address to the United Nations to challenge the Russians “not to an arms race, but to a peace race.”