Jul 8, 2021 | Opinions
From Andrew Lichterman** Twenty-five years ago this month, the International Court of Justice issued its Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat and Use of Nuclear Weapons. In a closely divided ruling, the Court found that the threat or use of nuclear weapons...
Feb 19, 2019 | Opinions
On January 30, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith introduced a bill declaring that, “It is the policy of the United States to not use nuclear weapons first.” This is a good thing, but standing alone is likely to have little impact on the...
Jan 2, 2019 | Opinions
By Andrew Lichterman* and John Burroughs*. NEW YORK, Jan 2 2019 (IPS) – A hard-earned lesson of the Cold War is that arms control reduces the risk of nuclear war by limiting dangerous deployments and, even more important, by creating channels of communication...