A former diplomat and foreign policy expert explains just how easily the president could bypass objections to war, from Congress to dissenting generals.
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Seeking justice, not peace, in our world changes the conversation about conflict. Conflict has proven integral to achieving a more equitable and secure society.
Fears about nuclear annihilation have come and gone over the years until the threat was all but forgotten. Then Kim Jong-un started flexing his nuclear muscles
The latest salvo of insults and threats between President Trump and North Korea’s Kim brought the region a little bit closer to war. China, North Korea’s closest trading partner, may be the only way out.
At a time of increasing threat of nuclear war, a historic treaty to ban nuclear weapons might provide a much-needed panacea.
China could win unprecedented global credibility by emerging as the champion of an international effort that fixes the North Korea problem once and for all. Does it have the moxie?
A policy tug-of-war is taking place in the Trump White House over what to do about Iran.
A former member of the Australian delegation to the Committee on Disarmament in Geneva explains how the CTBTO monitoring system detects nuclear tests.
What do intercontinental missiles and Apple’s app store have in common? Alvin M Weinberg.
The president said he’s considering ending trade with any country that does business with North Korea. Here’s why that will never happen.
Pyongyang’s latest test isn’t the great leap forward it purports to be.
A nuclear physicist and disarmament expert recommends reading on nuclear disasters, weapons, authoritarianism and climate change.
A former Department of Defense and State Department official explains why a hardline approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.
In international relations, words matter – and so does the credibility of the speaker.
Far from a belligerent rogue state, North Korea is isolated, broke and hungry for attention.
Soot thrown into the atmosphere would block out the sun, causing crops to fail and people to go hungry.
The most viable nonmilitary solution to the standoff with North Korea is to get China to apply pressure. But that’s not so easy.
Refresh your knowledge on the origins of North Korea’s nuclear threat and the options world leaders have to deal with it.
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
A scholar who has profiled the likes of Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
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Lecturer in Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
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Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of International Relations, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto; USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
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Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
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Postdoctoral fellow at the department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen
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Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
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Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Full Professor / fondateur du programme d'étude des savoirs nucléaires, Sciences Po
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Professor at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Liberal Arts, Richmond American International University