Posts Tagged ‘ Federation of American Scientists ’

Growing Support for Moving Away from Nuclear Weapons

March 5, 2015

Growing Support for Moving Away from Nuclear Weapons

JAMSHED BARUAH - The 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) formally endorsed at its third annual summit in San José on January 28-29 the ‘Austrian Pledge’ delivered at the close of the Third International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons (HINW) last December in Vienna.

Tags: Austrian Pledge, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Federation of American Scientists, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Jamshed Baruah, Ploughshares Fund
Posted in Big Picture, March 2015 | No Comments »

U.S. Still Preparing for Nuclear War

October 18, 2013

U.S. Still Preparing for Nuclear War

LAWRENCE S. WITTNER - Nearly a quarter century after the disappearance of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, the U.S. government is still getting ready for nuclear war.

Tags: "nuclear triad", Cold War, counterforce strategy, Federation of American Scientists, Lawrence Wittner, nuclear employment strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize, Soviet Union, START Treaty, U.S. Conference of Mayors, U.S. National Council of Churches
Posted in Analysis, October 2013 | No Comments »