Nuclear Weapons

This week marks the 64th anniversary of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today also marks the 46th anniversary of the signing of the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The US was [...]

Every year, on August 6th and 9th, thousands of people around the world gather for solemn commemorations of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But remembrance is more than [...]

US ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the international treaty that bans nuclear explosive testing, would be a smart step foward as part of a global effort to reduce the threat [...]

August 6th and 9th are the 64th anniversaries of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where an estimated 200,000 people were killed. Grassroots groups around the country will be [...]

I wanted to share an announcement about the upcoming Think Outside the Bomb National Conference, which will take place in Albuquerque, New Mexico this August 13-16. For five years, Think Outside [...]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) had an excellent OpEd in the San Francisco Chronicle today entitled “Russian nuclear agreement a good start.” Responding to President Obama’s [...]

This article from Congressional Quarterly accurately depicts the challenges the Administration will have getting a new arms reduction treaty with Russia, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, or [...]

The G8 Summit taking place at L’Aquila, Italy has released a statement on nuclear weapons. As the US and Russia move forward on negotiations to reduce their nuclear weapons stockpiles, [...]

As the nation’s largest peace organization, of course we commented on the announced agreements between Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev.   Kevin Martin, the group’s executive director, [...]

Big news today from the summit in Russia. Presidents Obama and Medvedev issued a “joint understanding” agreeing to reduce each countries’ strategic offensive nuclear weapons [...]