The U.S. Needs to Clean Up Its Own Act on Nuclear Weapons
The U.S. frets about nuclear weapons in North Korea and accuses Iran of wanting the same, all while refusing to honor its own obligation to disarm.
Trump’s Bluster Diplomacy
Don’t expect Trump to do a North Korean-style pivot in his relations with Iran.
Should South Korea Get the Bomb?
Donald Trump and a majority of South Koreans believe that South Korea should have a nuclear weapon. Are they right?
Greece, Iran, and the Rules of the Game
From Athens to Tehran, powerful countries make the rules and break the rules. Everyone else just squeezes the best deal they can — for now, anyway.
Readers’ Challenge: Have IR Deadlines Outlived Their Usefulness?
In the world of international relations, setting deadlines and creating timelines seems increasingly unproductive.
The Israeli Exception
People are starting to wonder: Why should Israel get special treatment?
Review: ‘What’s That? A Human Hell’
U Win Tin spent 19 years in Rangoon’s notorious Insein prison. The chief strategist of the National League for Democracy managed to keep organizing even behind bars.
The New Anti-Nuclear Movement
The Obama administration has a new nuclear policy. And we need a new anti-nuclear movement that can reach for change.
The Parable of the Taxpayer
A parable to remind of us all the things we take for granted while we’re griping about Tax Day.
An Uncomfortable Conversation about Nukes
Why is the Cold War Gang of Four suddenly in favor of nuclear disarmament? The answer is not entirely reassuring.
Empire and Nuclear Weapons
The United States has used its nuclear weapons in many ways. Like cannibalism and slavery, however, nuclear weapons can be abolished.
Using India to Keep China at Bay
The U.S.-India nuclear deal does nothing to contain the spread of nuclear technology. But, as Tim Beal argues, thats not the containment Washington has in mind.
The Regional Implications of the U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement
As the U.S. Senate begins debating the new nuclear agreement with India, far too little attention is being paid to the regional security implications of the deal.
Addressing the Nuclear Proliferation Challenge: Cooperation is Not Capitulation
The director of the Arms Control Association debates a Fellow of the Coalition for a Realistic Foreign Policy on the way out of the current crisis in nuclear arms control.
Getting Real(istic) About Nonproliferation
Does the current crisis over the nuclear ambitions of North Korea and Iran mean that the nuclear nonproliferation regime should be strengthened and reformed, or scrapped? Here is an argument for scrapping it.