Nuclear Weapons

Donald Trump wants more nukes. How is that going to help defuse the crisis in Korea? This article was originally published on Foreign Policy in Focus. The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) released by [...]

Washington, D.C. — February 2, 2018 — In response to the release of the Trump administration’s Nuclear Posture Review scheduled for today, Paul Kawika Martin, Senior Director for Policy and [...]

Washington, D.C. — January 25, 2018 — In response to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announcing its decision to move the Doomsday Clock—a metaphor for how close humanity is to nuclear [...]

A version of this article was originally published on CommonDreams.org. Another war with North Korea would be disastrous. It could easily go nuclear. It should be unthinkable, and there are [...]

Washington, D.C. — December 12, 2017 — In response to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson proposing direct talks with North Korea without preconditions, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace [...]

This article was originally published on U.S. News and World Report. North Korea’s latest apparent intercontinental ballistic missile test after a two-month lull raises a troubling [...]

Washington, D.C. — November 20, 2017 — In response to President Trump’s designation of North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action, released the [...]

WASHINGTON — November 6, 2017 — Today, hundreds of national civil society organizations from Japan, South Korea and the United States issued a joint statement calling for a diplomatic resolution [...]

This article was originally published in The Hill. Days before President Trump’s first presidential trip to Asia, where the crisis with North Korea will be high on the agenda in meetings with [...]

Washington, D.C. — October 31, 2017 — In response to the new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the projected costs ($1.2 trillion) of U.S. nuclear forces from 2017-2046, Paul Kawika [...]