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New U.S. military strategy: concerns and a ray of hope

January 17, 2012 By Marilyn Bechtel

The Defense Department's new strategic guidance released this month offers a modest foothold in the struggle to reverse the ever-upward swing of U.S. military spending.

“Doomsday” clock pushed forward amidst fears of nuclear conflict

January 11, 2012 By Cory Collins

Created in 1947 to represent the relative closeness of the threat of nuclear disaster, the clock's face has been adjusted twenty times.

Israeli whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu’s appeal rejected

October 17, 2011 By Cory Collins

Israel's Supreme Court last Thursday kept in place a range of restrictions on the rights of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vananu, while his fight to secure asylum elsewhere continues.

Small movement on Korea nuclear issue

August 25, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Though eclipsed in recent months by the Arab Spring and the international economic crisis, Korea remains volatile, with the states on both sides of the DMZ trading threats.

For the victims in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end nuclear arms

August 5, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

Nuclear weapons have not been used in warfare since Hiroshima and Nagasaki - but such good fortune may not last forever.