Nuclear Weapons
Trump Thinks About Nuclear Annihilation a Lot, But Doesn’t Know Much About It
Earlier this month, Americans had a chance to examine what was arguably the scariest question of the 2016 campaign: do you really want Donald Trump …
Donald TrumpIndia-Pakistan’s lessons for peace in North Korea
Regarding David Ignatius’s Aug. 16 op-ed, “Considering an end to the armistice”:<p>Retired CIA director Gen. Michael V. Hayden recently told New Yorker writer Robin Wright that any diplomatic solution “will have to, in one way or another, concede North Korea’s nuclear status. Nothing else is …
North KoreaPlaying Chicken With China
President Trump appears desperate, erratic and even irrational as he struggles to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. If the president is to be believed, he stands ready to run any risk, pay any price and do whatever necessary to keep the U.S. …
North KoreaJapan conducts evacuation drills amid North Korea missile threat
In Japan's sleepy coastal town of Kotoura, which sits within the flight path of any North Korean missiles heading towards the United States territory …
North KoreaNorth Korea says its nuclear weapons pose threat only to US and not other countries
The comments are seen as part of Pyongyang's bid to ease its isolation following tough UN sanctions.<p>North Korea has claimed that its nuclear weapons …
North KoreaWhy the North Korea nuclear crisis will return with a vengeance | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post
Accustomed to the privileges of being a superpower, Americans have a low tolerance for insecurity. They cannot abide the notion that the Democratic …
North KoreaIt’s far too easy for Donald Trump to start a nuclear war
Wherever the President of the United States travels, a military aide-de-camp carrying “the football” is just a few steps away. It isn’t the kind Tom …
WarTime to dismantle nuclear weapons
President Donald Trump’s threats to pre-emptively strike North Korea continue to alarm citizens as well as international diplomats and military …
North KoreaBreaking America’s Cold War Addiction in Korea
A North Korean Soldier takes photos through the window while U.S. Army Gen Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is briefed at …
North KoreaNobody knows how many nuclear weapons North Korea has
WASHINGTON (AP) — US assessments of the size of North Korea's nuclear arsenal vary wildly.<p>Some conclude North Korea has or can make 30 to 60 nuclear weapons.<p>Estimates by civilian experts cloud the picture. They guess North Korea has just a dozen to about 30 weapons.<p>Size matters and not knowing …
North KoreaAmerica and Russia: Back to Basics
<b>By Graham Allison, The National Interest</b><p><i>Note: this article is part of a symposium on U.S.-Russia relations included in the September/October 2017</i> …
Soviet UnionThe president would probably never order the use of nuclear weapons
In his years piloting the presidential nuclear command aircraft during the peak of the Cold War, Barry Walrath began to notice a pattern. The specially modified Boeing 747, known to the Air Force as an E-4B Nightwatch plane, was one of the primary places from where a president could lead the nation …
North KoreaHow to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons
Unfortunately, this version of the future isn't likely.<p>Fiery rhetoric and nuclear weapons are not a winning combination. North Korea’s recent threats to retaliate against increasingly tighter global sanctions have been met with speculation that the United States could preempt a North Korean nuclear …
North KoreaATO warns of ‘nuclear bomb’
THE Australian Taxation Office has warned that scrapping work-related deductions in favour of a blanket $1000 allowance would be like “detonating a …
Australian NewsNuclear Deal on Life Support in Face of Iranian Violations
One of the key parts of the Iran nuclear deal is a requirement that the President report regularly to Congress on Iran’s compliance:“(6) COMPLIANCE …
Iran Nuclear NegotiationsIran May Quit The Nuclear Deal ‘Within Hours’ After Calling The U.S. ‘Not A Good Partner Or A Reliable Negotiator’
In July, President Donald Trump reluctantly renewed the Iran nuclear deal and its accompanying sanctions relief program — thereby reneging on one of his more ardent campaign promises. Yet the diplomatic pressures that ultimately forced Trump’s hand didn’t prevent his administration from sticking to …
Iran Nuclear NegotiationsDisarmament experts urge Europe to help halt 'Cold War 2.0': German minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - Disarmament experts have urged Europe to be vocal in helping to halt what they regard as a new Cold War in which global powers have embarked on a new conventional and nuclear arms race, Germany's foreign minister said on Wednesday.<p>Sigmar Gabriel was briefing reporters after …
World NewsTrump hasn't learned from history and people of Guam may pay for it
With the news that Guam is issuing safety tips in case of a nuclear attack, we’ve time traveled to the early 1950s when government authorities …
North KoreaKorea and Venezuela: Flip Sides of the Same Coin
By: Jacob G. Hornberger <br>By suggesting that he might order a US regime-change invasion of Venezuela, President Trump has inadvertently shown why North …
Foreign PolicyIran Just Threatened to Restart Its Nuclear Program if the U.S. Continues With Sanctions
(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran's president has issued a direct threat, claiming his country is capable of restarting its nuclear program within hours.<p>Hassan …
Iran Nuclear NegotiationsThis Standard Phone Feature Is Killing Your Effectiveness at Work
Immediately increase your effectiveness by avoiding this button<p>It's the mute button. And it's both a blessing and a curse.<p>On a conference call, mute is essential when you need to heat up a cup of coffee -- or run to the bathroom when meetings are scheduled back to back to back. However, it's become …
Time ManagementNorth Korea and McMaster’s Deterrence Dishonesty
H.R. McMaster said something yesterday on This Week that is every bit as dangerous as Trump’s incendiary rhetoric last week. The more striking thing …
North KoreaDoes diplomacy stand a chance in North Korea?
<i>Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions to know? Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.</i><p>Although events in Charlottesville have justifiably dominated the news over the past few days, the problem …
North KoreaHow Americans Feel About Going to (Nuclear) War
Two years ago, long before a U.S. president threatened to rain “fire and fury like the world has never seen” on North Korea (channeling, perhaps …
North KoreaJapan officially gave U.S. consent to bring in nukes ahead of Okinawa reversion accord: document
A recently declassified U.S. document confirms that Japan gave the United States its official consent to bring nuclear weapons to Okinawa shortly …
JapanJapan to seek assurance of US defence pledge, including nuclear deterrence
Japan's defence chief and foreign minister will meet their U.S. counterparts on Thursday to reaffirm Washington's commitment to defending Japan, …
North KoreaNorth Korea's dangerously rudimentary nuclear command-and-control systems
Conventional wisdom tells us that because North Korea’s elites are rational actors, they will conclude that the benefits of employing nuclear weapons …
North KoreaChina implements UN sanctions against North Korea, as Trump trade probe looms
In an unprecedented move against North Korea, China on Monday issued an order to carry out the United Nations sanctions imposed on the rogue regime earlier this month.<p>China made the announcement amid not only Pyongyang's escalating war of words with the United States regarding the North Korea …
North KoreaPresident shouldn’t have sole power to launch today’s nuclear weapons
Associated Press fileA replica of the Fat Man atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, on Aug. 9, 1945, is displayed in the Bradbury Science …
DenverOn Anniversary of Nagasaki Bombing, Japanese Government Criticized For Refusing to Sign Ban on Nuclear Weapons
Caption: “On the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, calls on Japan to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons—72 years since …
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