US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley says North Korea's tests of increasingly sophisticated nuclear weapons and missiles amounts to "begging for war."So THAT'S what testing increasingly sophisticated nuclear weapons and missiles is! Thank you for the clarification,...
#Nuclearban: How Will China Play Its Hand?
I wrote yesterday to begin a conversation about possible ways that the treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons may come to dominate the global discourse in the months ahead.An extremely important question is how China will engage with this new development. People...
Nuclear Weapons Abolition: What Will Be Different After September 20?
The global treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons will be available for countries to sign when the UN General Assembly begins its session September 20. The treaty enters into force 90 days after 50 countries have signed it.The treaty text was drafted during a...
Time To Call the Question: Is Presidential First Use of Nuclear Weapons Constitutional?
Adam Liptak wrote in the New York Times several days ago that law schools are preparing to delve into numerous Constitutional questions that have been brought to a head by the Trump presidency, not the least of which is:"Must Congress authorize a nuclear strike...
Rein In Trump’s Power to Launch a Nuclear First Strike: Contact Your Representative
Ever since nuclear weapons were first invented and the United States used them against Japan, ordinary citizens have been subjected to an unrelenting campaign of obfuscation and confusion about their true nature and what's at stake. If any of us stopped long enough to...


