Who Can We Trust With the Nuclear Button? No One
By William J. Perry and Tom Z. Collina The Cold War is over and all presidents make mistakes. Yet they still have sole control over whether to start a nuclear … Read More
Tag: Nuclear War
India-Pakistan Tensions & Case of Nuclear War?
By Sajjad Shaukat Since Indian extremist Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration revoked special status of the Jummu and Kashmir on August 5, this year after scrapping articles 35A and 370 … Read More
Is the United States on the Brink of Nuclear War?
By Andre Damon In the thirteen days since North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching large portions of North America, the United States has further escalated its … Read More
The worry is that Donald Trump will lead the US into a nuclear war
By Elizabeth Drew Much of America’s capital has entered a state of near-panic. In recent days, President Donald Trump has been acting more bizarrely than ever, and the question raised … Read More
India and Pakistan’s dangerous war of words
The arms build-up in the region has raised the nuclear stakes Separating noise from reality on the subcontinent can be especially difficult. Thus the latest rhetorical hostility between India and … Read More
Russia-Turkey Tension: Syria Remains the Nuclear Flashpoint
By Sajjad Shaukat War-like situation has been created between Russia and Turkey after the latter shot down a Russian fighter jet, Su-24 combat aircraft, near the Syrian border on Tuesday. … Read More
The Pakistan Nuclear Nightmare
By New York Times With as many as 120 warheads, Pakistan could in a decade become the world’s third-ranked nuclear power, behind the United States and Russia, but ahead of … Read More
In the India-Pakistan Conflict, the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever
Forecast Indian and Pakistani military doctrines that evolved over the past decade will greatly raise the stakes in any future Indo-Pakistani conflict. Pakistan will continue to invest in tactical nuclear … Read More