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It couldn’t be clearer that now is a critical time to speak out against harsh sanctions on Iran. Congress is back in session and they are facing enormous pressure to pass sanctions on Iran, [...]

The Obama administration will soon release 50 benchmarks to measure progress in Afghanistan. This report will be published on Sept. 24, a week after the election results are scheduled to be made [...]

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to ban nuclear explosions and finally end US testing has a number of merits. Ratification by the Senate would help contribute to preventing nuclear-armed states [...]

This interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski in the late 90’s caught my attention.  The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan started what has become  thirty years of foreign occupation and civil war [...]

Millions of Afghans braved a violent and unstable election environment to cast a vote for their government of choice last week.  Escalating violence in the preceding weeks and disenchantment with [...]

According to a new Washington Post-ABC opinion poll, a majority of the Americans questioned (51%) say that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the price.  All in all, this marks the first time [...]

Secretary of Defense Gates just can’t take no for an answer when it comes to new nuclear weapons. A Global Security Newswire article today shows a behind the scenes, high stakes battle [...]

Violence threatens to keep voters at bay in the Afghanistan elections taking place on Aug. 20.  The above maps from the Washington Post show that violent incidents involving deaths among NATO, [...]

A number of Peace Action West supporters participated in remembering the victims of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki earlier this month. Robert Kalayjian emailed to let us know [...]

Yesterday, the African Nuclear Weapons Free Treaty (a.k.a. Treaty of Pelindaba) went into full effect.  Burundi was the necessary twenty-eighth signatory to the Treaty which was opened for [...]