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Nuclear Weapons

Beyond Nuclear advocates for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and argues that removing them can only make us safer, not more vulnerable. The expansion of commercial nuclear power across the globe only increases the chance that more nuclear weapons will be built and is counterproductive to disarmament. We also cover nuclear weapons issues on our international site, Beyond Nuclear International.

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Entries from January 1, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Thursday
Jan302020

ANA DC Days 2020 fliers

Thursday
Jan232020

Doomsday Clock is 100 seconds to midnight, the symbolic hour of the apocalypse

As reported by the Washington Post.

"The clock is now set at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to symbolic doom and the first time the hands have been within the two-minute mark," reported NBC News.

See the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists statement, read the press release, and watch the news conference recording, here.

Saturday
Jan182020

Ralph Earle II, arms control expert and SALT II negotiator, dies at 91

Wednesday
Jan152020

Days before Europeans warned Iran of nuclear deal violations, Trump secretly threatened to impose 25% tariff on European autos if they didn’t

As reported by the Washington Post.

The article reports:

...The U.S. effort to coerce European foreign policy through tariffs, a move one European official equated to “extortion,” represents a new level of hardball tactics with the United States’ oldest allies, underscoring the extraordinary tumult in the transatlantic relationship.

...“The tariff threat is a mafia-like tactic, and it’s not how relations between allies typically work,” said Jeremy Shapiro, research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

Monday
Jan132020

How Rising Temperatures Increase the Likelihood of Nuclear War

As climate changes stresses our human institutions, we are likely to face deadly conflicts over critical resources.

By Michael T. Klare

As reported in The Nation.