U.S. nuclear general says would resist ‘illegal’ Trump strike order
Reuters International This content was published on November 19, 2017 12:03 AMNov 19, 2017 – 00:03 FILE PHOTO – U.S. Air Force General John Hyten, Commander of U.S. Strategic […]
If North Korea Is Preparing for Nuclear War, All of Asia Needs Nuclear Weapons, Says Henry Kissinger
By Carlos Ballesteros On 10/29/17 In a recent interview with The New York Times, former Secretary of State and Cold War strategist Henry R. Kissinger warned that East Asia […]
DUAL-USE GOODS: Swiss block sale over concern about Pakistani nuclear programme
By John HeilprinJ JUL 10, 2017 – Pakistan-made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to different ranges (Keystone) Swiss government officials say they denied an export permit to a domestic manufacturer because of indications that its products would have supported the production of Pakistani nuclear weapons. The decision […]
Could World War 3 actually happen? How chemical warfare and nuclear weapons could lead to a global conflict
Tensions between the US, Russia, China and North Korea continue to escalate By Neal Baker, Tom Gillespie and Mark Hodge 7th July 2017, TENSIONS between the US, Russia, China and North Korea continue to escalate, with each power refusing to back down. And after Kim Jong-un tested the […]
This is why Iran should play a major role in the negotiations to ban nuclear weapons
Iran is the only country that has banned the use of WMDs with religious edicts at the highest levels Seyed Hossein Mousavian 10 comments Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has upheld a fatwa against weapons of mass destruction AP Since the advent of nuclear weapons, nations and grassroots movements across the […]
Donald Trump could drop a nuclear bomb on Iran within two years
Iran is boxed in economically, militarily and politically. It has no friends left. Very few neighbours would bat an eyelid and many would quietly applaud Andrew MacLeod @AndrewMMacleod Tehran may need to abandon its own nuclear ambitions to avoid an escalation of tensions with the US Reuters Donald Trump has just signalled that […]
Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea
REPORT Averting catastrophe: U.S. policy options for North Korea John R. Allen, Richard C. Bush, Robert Einhorn, Steven Pifer, Jonathan D. Pollack, Evans J.R. Revere, Tarun Chhabra, and Bruce JonesApril 2017 Download the full report BruceBrookings On April 18, 2017, Bruce Jones, director of the Brookings Foreign Policy Program, convened […]
If a nuclear bomb is dropped on your city, here’s where you should run and hide
Finding a good shelter as soon as possible and going inside is critical to surviving fallout Dave Mosher and Andy Kiersz, Business Insider Mushroom cloud from nuclear explosion/Overdone cauliflower cheese. […]
Nuclear war has become thinkable again – we need a reminder of what it means
Paul Mason As Trump faces down North Korea, it’s alarming to think that most of the world’s nuclear warheads are now in the hands of men who are prepared to use them ‘This sudden mania for speaking of nuclear warfare, among men with untrammeled power, should be the No 1 […]
World court rejects epic Marshalls nuclear case
The United States’ first hydrogen bomb explodes at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands on Nov. 1, 1952. This photo was taken from Majuro Atoll. | AFP-JIJI ASIA PACIFI AFP-JIJI OCT 6, 2016 THE HAGUE – The U.N.’s highest court on Wednesday narrowly threw out landmark cases brought by the […]
Russia launches huge nuclear war training exercise that ‘involves 40 million people’
‘Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow,’ says Russian government-run TV network Matt Payton A Topol-M intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of delivering multiple nuclear weapons, is paraded through Moscow’s Red Square in the 2009 Victory Day parade DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images The Russian government has launched a nationwide […]
Nuclear weapons in civil war zones
Sep 10,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – BENNETT RAMBERG The recent failed military coup in Turkey has produced instability, paranoia and a crackdown on the regime’s perceived opponents, including many journalists. Luckily, it did not end with rebel forces seizing some of the dozens of US nuclear weapons stored at Turkey’s […]
For a world without wars in the 21st century
Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – By Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Humanity hoped that the 21st century would herald a new era of global cooperation. This, however, may turn […]
‘Gut-wrenching display’
Apr 12,2016 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL US Secretary of State John Kerry, along with fellow G-7 foreign ministers, on Monday toured the memorial to the victims of Hiroshima, paying tribute to the 140,000 people killed on August 6, 1945, when the US dropped a nuclear bomb on the city. Kerry […]
North Korea Threatens U.S. With Nuclear Strike Over War Games
Source: NBC News SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea issued another threat Monday, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction […]
Sanctions lifted after Iran found in compliance on nuclear deal
Epigraph: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. (Matthew 5:9) By Don Melvin and Michael Martinez (CNN) Iran has completed the necessary steps in a deal […]
How the US grew tired and less relevant
Nov 11,2015 – Last updated at Nov 11,2015 JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud US Secretary of State John Kerry is often perceived as one of the “good ones” — a less hawkish top American official who does not simply promote and defend his country’s military adventurism, but reaches out to […]
Reciprocity and respect win in Lausanne
Rami G. Khouri| The Daily Star The agreed parameters of a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Iran’s nuclear program that were reached Thursday between the Islamic Republic and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany represent a monumental achievement that affirms the power of […]
Iran nuclear deal: A powerful Tehran turned into America’s policeman in the Gulf? It could happen This week’s Lausanne deal could trigger a political earthquake
Iran nuclear deal: A powerful Tehran turned into America’s policeman in the Gulf? It could happen This week’s Lausanne deal could trigger a political earthquake by Robert Fisk, The Independent Iran was reborn as a major Middle East nation when it agreed to limit its nuclear ambitions. Despite the “ifs” […]
In the Iran Talks, Does a Missed Deadline Matter?
Geopolitical Diary APRIL 1, 2015 | The Obama administration has slipped past self-imposed deadlines and minced words over red lines before. Although certainly an embarrassment for the White House, another missed deadline in the seemingly never-ending Iran nuclear negotiations — which stretched beyond the latest deadline of March 31 — […]
