Fact-checking the Wall Street Journal: NSN Gets It Right
Kelsey Hartigan, National Security Network's newest blogger, started off with a 'bang.' This blog is a well researched and well argued reply to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, which is still living in the Cold War era of "us vs them." Co-authoring with Heather Hurlburt, executive director of NSN, Kelsey unpacks the WSJ editorial, exposes its misinformation, and states the facts on US nuclear security needs. Here's an excerpt from " Wall Street Journal Recycles Misstatements",... 1 COMMENTS : Post Comment
FEATURED BLOGGER, Todd Fine on the Nobel Peace Prize: "Nuclear Disarmament must be seen as a tangible goal"
President Barack Obama began his Nobel Prize acceptance speech on December 10th with an acknowledgment of the controversy of his selection stating, "I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage."
We must concede that rhetoric along with action, in particular in the area of nuclear weapons, played a key role in his selection. Indeed, the Nobel Committee’s press statement upon the award's announcement stated right away that they “attached special importance to Obama's...
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The Nuclear Weapons Convention: Just What the Doctor Prescribed for Today's Many Nuclear Headaches
by Emily Gleason |
As the Obama administration and IAEA pressure Iran to agree to a nuclear deal and North Korea to stop blowing stuff up, there are other nuclear headaches that could use some U.S. diplomatic finesse leading up to the NPT Review Conference in May 2010.
Headache #1: Pakistan, India, and U.S. policy
Pakistan and India have nuclear arsenals of at least 30 and 50 weapons respectively and neither are members of the NPT. With long simmering religious and ethnic tensions...
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IYD Follow-Up: Join the Youth Visit to the US Department of State on November 20 |
Hey, everyone!
Thanks for joining us at last week's conference. All conference sites-- from the US to Russia to Mexico-- achieved significant citizen progress, and helped to amplify our voices throughout the world for disarmament. Check out pictures at our Flickr page, and stay tuned for notes!
Now that the first step is done, we're hoping that you will join us for Part Two of the Dialogue on Friday November 20, 2009, in a youth visit to the U.S. Department of State (DoS).
During this trip to...
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International Youth Dialogue Webcast! Day 2
Thanks for tuning in! The webcast is now over, and we will be posting a blog of the International Youth Dialogue for Nuclear Disarmament soon! http://www.livestream.com/ban_all_nukes 0 COMMENTS : Post Comment