The US, the UK, Russia, China and France are rebuilding or upgrading their arsenals of nuclear weapons. The other four nuclear states too are ‘improving’ their arsenals. As we discuss the statistics and…
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This February Zachary Keck, a well-known expert and Associate Editor of The Diplomat and a columnist for The National Interest,published a brilliant piece saying the US Navy is exploring the feasibility of sub-launched hypersonic missiles for…
Helen Caldicott is the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and a world renowned campaigner against nuclear weapons. She says that our species is ‘mentally sick… The whole society is sick’1. We are in the…
An active duty general from the People’s Liberation Army of China insisted North Korea should retain nuclear weapons for self-protection, according to a broadcast from Voice of America (VOA) on July 15. Deputy…
It’s not my words, but I’ve learnt it from tens of foreign tourists, journalists and academicians who have traveled to Iran in the recent years, that Iran is the most misrepresented and misunderstood country in…
It’s the consensus among the pundits: foreign policy doesn’t matter in this presidential election. They point to the ways Republican candidate Mitt Romney has more or less parroted President Barack Obama on just about everything…
Iran’s currency virtually collapsed last week, and the public protests that followed in Tehran stirred memories of the massive anti-regime protests of 2009. This has caused excited speculation in the United States and its allies…
It’s no wonder the Israeli Foreign Ministry initially held back from releasing a transcript of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly: Bibi’s wackiness doesn’t bear close scrutiny. Perhaps “wacky” isn’t quite the right word…
Pyongyang, September 13 (KCNA) — The head of the delegation of the Institute for Disarmament and Peace of the DPRK Foreign Ministry on Sept. 7 called for ensuring the vitality of the comprehensive test ban…
There have been many discussions on what would happen the day after an attack is launched on Iran. The question is not what happens the next day, but what happens in the month, year, or…