October 30th was the anniversary of something most would rather not be reminded of — the insane scramble in the Cold War to produce ever larger and more lethal atomic … [Keep reading >>]

Just one day after chairing the U.N Security Council (the first time a U.S. president has done so) and overseeing an historic, U.S. initiated resolution [copy here]  aimed at increasing … [Keep reading >>]

by DANIEL ELLSBERG on SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

[This is the first installment of my personal memoir of the nuclear era, “The American Doomsday Machine.” This online book, being published on Truthdig ... [Keep reading >>]

By Daniel Ellsberg

“It was a hot August day in Detroit. I was standing on a street corner downtown, looking at the front page of The Detroit News in a news … [Keep reading >>]

” North Korea adamantly denied for seven years that it had a program for making nuclear weapons from enriched uranium.

But on Saturday, a few hours after the U.N. Security Council … [Keep reading >>]

President Obama on his eight day swing through Europe took the stage in Prague for a major appearance, and speech. Worth reading all, but here are some nice bits:

We … [Keep reading >>]

A new group, with some high prestige members, is being launched: Global Zero

In recent months, the threat of proliferation and nuclear terrorism has led to a growing chorus of world … [Keep reading >>]

An unlikely crew is agitating against the Buschenian madness:

…a who’s who of the national security establishment — George Shultz, Henry Kissinger, William Perry and Sam Nunn — is calling on … [Keep reading >>]

Says President James Earl Carter, Jr:

“The U.S. has more than 12,000 nuclear weapons, the Soviet Union (Russia) has about the same, Great Britain and France have several hundred, and Israel … [Keep reading >>]

“The commander of US strategic forces said Tuesday the United States will need nuclear weapons as a deterrent for the rest of the 21st century and should move now to … [Keep reading >>]

Jonathan Schell has written another indispensable book, The Seventh Decade: The New Shape of Nuclear Danger

Schell reprises some of his arguments in a recent Nation article:

George Shultz, Secretary of … [Keep reading >>]