Arms Spending

Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow

Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow Warmongering in Washington, Preparation for War in Moscow

In reaction to US words and deeds, the Kremlin is preparing the Russian nation for the possibility of war.

Oct 12, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Hodeidah Yemen Bombing

Yemen Faces Collapse as Civilians Flee Two Warring Factions in a Brutal Civil War Yemen Faces Collapse as Civilians Flee Two Warring Factions in a Brutal Civil War

More than 10,000 have been killed, many by US ally Saudi Arabia in its indiscriminate bombing campaign.

Oct 7, 2016 / Nicolas Niarchos

Syria Damascus airstrike

The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War The Obama Administration’s Suspension of Syria Talks With Russia Is the Most Dangerous Development in a New Cold War

The collapse of talks takes the United States one step closer to an unnecessarily deadly “military solution” to the Syria crisis.

Oct 3, 2016 / James Carden

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

It’s Time to Ban and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons It’s Time to Ban and Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

The mayor of Hiroshima calls for a global security paradigm based on dialogue, mutual understanding, and cooperation, instead of doomsday threats.

Sep 26, 2016 / Kazumi Matsui

Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party?

Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party? Who Is Making American Foreign Policy—the President or the War Party?

The US military attack on the Syrian army gravely endangers Obama’s proposed détente with Putin in Syria and elsewhere.

Sep 21, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine? Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine?

Pro-détente diplomacy is being fiercely opposed by detractors from Washington to Kiev.

Sep 14, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

North Korean Nuclear Missiles

How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas? How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas?

The documentary Command and Control shows just how horrifyingly vulnerable we are to errors involving nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / William D. Hartung

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

James Clapper Senate Hearing

5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry 5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry

This unaccountable oligarchy of spies controls the information that guides our military and civilian leaders.

Sep 8, 2016 / Tim Shorrock

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War

Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...

Sep 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

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