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“Chernobyl”—the five-part miniseries—has created sensation across the world, with a record number of viewers. It was screened on HBO and Sky Atlantic in May-June, and the last episode was on 3 June. It is available on Hotstar also....
The escalation of US-Iran tensions raises the threat of another war in the Persian Gulf. Since the US has unilaterally withdrawn from the Iran nuclear deal, Washington has been putting pressure on Tehran through various measures. First, it re-imposed...
We like our anniversaries in blocks of 50 or 100 – at a push we’ll tolerate a 25. The 100th anniversary of the Somme (2016), the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain (2015). Next year, we’ll remember the...
At the start of 2019, the United States, Russia, Britain, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea had a total of some 13,865 nuclear weapons, according to a new report by the Stockholm-based International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
That...
The Iran Nuclear Deal: Letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
By Mehrnaz Shahabi, Professor Piers Robinson, and et al.
Honorable Antonio Guterres,
Secretary General of the United Nations
New York, New York
Hon. Secretary General,
You are well aware that in 2015 with the support...
The U.K. Ambassador to Washington, Sir Kim Darroch, in a top secret telegram characterized the Trump White House as “uniquely dysfunctional”, with bitter disputes there amounting to “knife fights”; Trump himself as “inept, insecure, and incompetent’; and recorded the...
By John Krzyzaniak
Last Friday, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a leading Iranian nuclear scientist, was shot in broad daylight in Absard, 45 miles east of Tehran, on his way to visit his in-laws. It took only hours for Iranian officials to begin...
Linda Pentz Gunter
Although possibly a sad comment on his predecessors, incoming U.S. president, Joe Biden, is offering the most progressive climate policy so far of any who have previously held his position.
As Paul Gipe points out in his recent...
War and Peace: Bolton and Trump tell a confused story about possible military action against Iran
By John Mecklin, May 16, 2019
The New York Times reported earlier in the week that top Trump administration national security officials asked for and...
By Halley Posner
Watch the Bulletin virtual program, “The UK’s new nuclear posture: What it means for the global nuclear order” featuring Hans Kristensen and Heather Williams in conversation with Julian Borger.
In this conversation, you will hear about how the United Kingdom’s decision to increase their nuclear stockpile limit fits into...
