In the September/October 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs [“Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures”] Bruce Blair and his co-authors argue that de-alerting is an important step to prevent nuclear terrorism as well as a tool to de-legitimize nuclear weapons: These [high readiness] postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Wednesday , August 24, 2011 A Thermonuclear Fable for Our
Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Image of the Day Hi Joe , No Nuclear Waste , Go Home Edition Kingston Reif Aug 23, 2011 0 Source : Andy Wong Associated Press Joe Biden , greeting a Mongolian wrestler , August 22, 2011. The Vice President's stopped in Mongolia Monday as part of his trip around Asia , and was met by a small group of protesters with posters that read : âYankees keep your hands off Mongoliaâ and âHi Joe , No Nuclear Waste , Go Home,â referring to alleged secret negotiations between the U.S . Mongolia , and Japan to build a spent nuclear fuel repository in . Mongolia NoH is efforting to confirm reports that the Department of EnergyLet’s not argue about this: the three greatest films about the Bomb are John Frankenheimer’s Seven Days in May, Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove and Sidney Lumet’s Fail Safe. All three were released in 1964, when movie-goers were still trying to forget the Cuban missile crisis. Previous posts have given kudos to Dr. Strangelove and Seven [...]
The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts by Peter T. Coleman
A courtesy review copy just arrived. Intriguing, because the study here is about intractable or seemingly “wicked” socio-political conflicts. Coleman is an academic, researcher and activist in conflict resolution studies. Perhaps it will have some nuggets of wisdom for “de-escalating” 4GW or Hybrid wars.
: skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Friday , August 19, 2011 Former submarine commander now
Holy cow, the 2011 Compliance Report is out. Here I am, sitting in Idaho Falls with a glass of wine, reflecting on what a lovely nuclear waste dump this state would make, getting ready to hit the sack and then I see that. I don’t see anything earth shattering, but I perused the text very quickly. [...]
At the end of my discussion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty with Linton Brooks, he suggested that I interview someone who’s a “treaty skeptic”, who has doubts about the treaty and is able to explain them well. He referred me to Tom Scheber, who is Vice President of the National Institute for Public Policy. [...]
: , skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable The manufacture , possession , deployment , storage , use or threat of use of nuclear weapons is totally illegal , as the nuclear weapon violates every known principle of humanitarian law , which is a body of law based upon the values cherished by the civilised nations over the centuries to minimise human suffering . It is the duty of all concerned citizens to indicate their opposition to nuclear weapons as they concern the health and safety of all citizens of the planet for generations to . come Judge C.G . Weeramantry , Former Vice President , International Court of Justice , The Hague Tuesday , August 16, 2011 Kucinich Calls for Freedom from