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  Bill would prevent any U.S. president from launching a nuclear first strike without congressional approval Invoice text (PDF) Washington (April 14, 2023) Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Co-Chair of the Task Force on Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control, and Rep. Ted Lieu (CA-33) today announced the reintroducing the Restriction of First Use of the […]

Contrary to his 2020 campaign platform, President Biden has insisted that the United States must retain the option of first use of nuclear weapons. Everything that can be done must done to avert global nuclear annihilation. March 28, 2023 Norman Solomon  COMMON DREAMS  https://portside.org/2023-03-28/no-country-nuclear-madmen-- he announcement by President Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy…

The enlarged global arsenal now comprises about 9,576 operational warheads. Combined, they have the destructive power of roughly 135,000 Hiroshima bombs, according to a report published by Norwegian People’s Aid, a global nonprofit organization.

The announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of potentially - Norman Solomon for Antiwar.com Original

Secretary—general antonio guterres has been speaking at the launch of the ipcc report and said everyone needs to work together quickly to achieve the climate change goals.. today i am presenting a plan to supercharge efforts. it starts with parties immediately hitting the fast forward button on the net zero deadlines to get to global zero by 2050. leaders of developed countries must commit to reaching that zero as close as possible to 2014. —— 2040. the limit they should all aim to respect...

Arms control began at a low point during the Cold War. Are we there again?

Experts say Russia and China are now engaged in an unofficial arms race, with the U.S. falling behind, after Russia backed out of the New START treaty last month.

I'm Steve Gutterman, the editor of RFE/RL's Russia/Ukraine/Belarus Desk. Welcome to The Week In Russia, in which I dissect the key developments i

The Russian President announced he would suspend Russia’s involvement in the last surviving arms control agreement between Russia and the US.

New York | Malta foreign minister Ian Borg presides Security Council in week dominated by Russian threats to withdraw from START restrictions on nuclear stockpiling