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I'm an independent scholar who has written about nuclear weapons issues for 25 years. I've been published in International Security, Dissent, and The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. I believe that nuclear weapons are not very useful and that that is the best argument for abolishing them.
SHARE Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Why The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Makes a Difference
The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is important and will have a critical impact.
Not because it will force countries to retire nuclear weapons, but because it will change the way people think about nuclear weapons.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 25, 2019 Sacred Weapons?
April 15, 2018 seven Catholic peace activists snuck onto the naval base at Kings Bay, Georgia, the home base for 10 of the navy's 18 nuclear-armed Trident submarines. They hit a statue with a hammer, poured out some of their own blood. And they spray painted some anti-nuclear graffiti on a sidewalk. Then they waited to be arrested. Their goal, was to bring attention to this vital issue. They face up to 25 years in prison
(15 comments) SHARE Monday, August 6, 2007 Hiroshima and nuclear weapons
Based on new historical research the nuclear weapons used against Hiroshima and Nagasaki did not coerce the Japanese to surrender. This reinterpretation fundamentally challenges our view of nuclear weapons and their usefulness.