News Abroad

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• 9-20-17
  

  Mayday Korea! (Part 1)

  by William R. Polk

  America is on the brink of nuclear war.

• 
• 9-19-17
  

  A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea's Nuclear Capabilities Is Good, But Not Good Enough

  by Lawrence Wittner

  We should recognize that the danger of nuclear annihilation will persist as long as any nations possess nuclear weapons.

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• 9-19-17
  

  What You Can Do to Stop Nuclear Tests

  by William Lambers

  Try joining a peace walk. They worked in the past.

• 
• 9-7-17
  

  Bombing North Korea in a Preventive War Is a Bad Idea

  by Michael H. Creswell

  The record of the hawks pushing this idea should give us all pause.

• 
• 9-17-17
  

  World Citizenship Is More Popular Than You Might Think

  by Lawrence Wittner

  Zealous nationalists have been garnering headlines, but they’re in the minority.

• 
• 9-3-17
  

  Trump’s Cruel (And Inaccurate) Boast About Pershing Was More Ignorant than You Think

  by Ron Briley

  Like many Americans he believes the US role in the Philippines was innocent. It wasn’t.

• 
• 8-21-17
  

  Historian: For North Korea, Acquiring Nukes Was a Rational Decision

  by Erik Moshe

  An interview with Cheehyung Harrison Kim.

• 
• 8-20-17
  

  There’s No Comparison Between Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy

  by Sheldon M. Stern

  Niall Ferguson claims that there is. It’s bogus.

• 
• 8-13-17
  

  Forget Those Comparisons with the Cuban Missile Crisis

  by Sheldon M. Stern

  This time, the top military figures in the administration may be forced to try to short-circuit an impulsive over-reaction by their commander-in-chief rather than the other way around.

• 
• 8-11-17
  

  Donald Trump Has Put the U.S. into a Precarious Position

  by John Prados

  His fire and fury language is egging North Korean leader Kim Jong Un toward the abyss, in service of a goal that cannot be achieved by force, creating a situation which may not be exited except through force.

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• 8-10-17
  

  Playing Nuclear “Chicken” With Our Lives

  by Lawrence Wittner

  What kind of civilization have we developed when two mentally unstable national leaders threaten one another―and the world―with nuclear war?

• 
• 8-13-17
  

  Dr. Strangelove Is Horrifyingly Relevant Again

  by Robert Brent Toplin

  The movie reminds audiences that in the nuclear age humanity is in jeopardy when bellicose leaders promote confrontation.

• 
• 8-9-17
  

  Trump Threatens North Korea with "Fire and Fury": What Historians Are Saying on Social Media

  Niall Ferguson, Simon Schama, Glenda Gilmore, Jonathan Dresner, Heather Cox Richardson, Max Boot, Tom Nichols, Kevin Kruse, and more.

• 
• 8-13-17
  

  The Good News We Can’t See that’s Staring Us Smack in the Face

  by Azar Gat

  War is declining.

• 
• 8-6-17
  

  The Food for Peace Program: Ike Started It. Trump Wants to End It.

  by William Lambers

  Feeding the hungry is essential to winning the peace. Eisenhower knew this. Trump and the Congress should too.

• 
• 7-23-17
  

  This Is What Happened in an Earlier Brexit

  by Wen-Qing Ngoei

  The past is littered with Brexits. What happened in Brexit 1967 offers clues to what we can expect this time – and that’s the unexpected.

• 
• 7-9-17
  

  At the Last Minute the ISIS Captor Had Lowered His Demands and We Had Rescued Fayza from Certain Death in Mosul

  by Brian Glyn Williams

  One beautiful young Yazidi girl now had something that so many other sex slaves did not have, freedom and a chance to live her life.

• 
• 6-25-17
  

  The Trump Doctrine in the Middle East Is to Follow Saudi Arabia’s Lead

  by James L. Gelvin

  This explains what sparked the Saudi-Qatari Cold War.

• 
• 6-17-17
  

  Did Russia Kill Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?

  by Robert T. Souza

  Friday’s claim should be taken with a grain of salt.

• 
• 6-25-17
  

  The World’s Nuclear Powers Are Renewing their Race to Catastrophe

  by Lawrence Wittner

  But non-nuclear powers in the UN are pushing back. In July there will be a vote on a treaty in the UN to outlaw nukes.