Nuclear War

Nuclear weapons are not a force of nature, they are not an act of God. We have made them with our own hands and we know how to take them apart... The only thing that’s missing is the political will and commitment to do this. And that’s where all of us come in - Ira Helfand, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize

Nuclear War

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Nuclear War Is Still Very Possible and Very Scary

One of the most striking facts of today’s world is that young people do not seem to worry very much about nuclear war. Climate change is by far the larger concern, while nuclear war is seen as a threat of the past. As Chapin Boyer, who is in his late 20s, wrote in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists a few years ago: “I cannot remember a time when the threat of nuclear weapons seemed real. … My generation grew up believing that the problem of nuclear weapons had been solved.”

In contrast, I am inclined to think that the risk of nuclear war remains the world’s No. 1 problem, even if that risk does not seem so pressing on any particular day.

In the 1950s and ’60s, fears…

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Resources

  A brief but terrifying history of tactical nuclear weapons

What to know about smaller nuclear weapons, and how they fit into what's known as an "escalation ladder."

 Nuclear War Is Still Very Possible and Very Scary

Like Dr. Strangelove, we learned to stop worrying and to love the bomb. Let us not forget that the bomb never will love us.

The Five Biggest Threats To Human Existence

While only two nuclear weapons have been used in war so far – at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II – and nuclear stockpiles are down from their the peak they reached in the Cold War, it is a mistake to think that nuclear war is impossible. In fact, it might not be improbable.

Don't Bank on the Bomb

Don't Bank on the Bomb investigates and challenges global private investments in nuclear weapons producers.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a coalition of non-governmental organizations in one hundred countries promoting adherence to and implementation of the United Nations nuclear weapon ban treaty. This landmark global agreement was adopted in New York on 7 July 2017.

Back from the Brink

Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War is a national grassroots initiative seeking to fundamentally change U.S. nuclear weapons policy and lead us away from the dangerous path we are on.

Putin, The Nuclear Threat, And Ending The War: To Squeeze Or Not To Squeeze?

If Putin authorizes the use of a nuclear weapon to seek better terms, he will transmogrify into the devil incarnate. This would be a desperate move, not a smart one. So, as long as supporters of Ukraine hold steady to a strategy that’s working, Putin will most likely lose ground without resorting to a mushroom cloud.

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