Read the full piece in The Huffington Post.  Imagine having minutes – perhaps as few as six by the time the issue is brought to the President’s attention – to determine the fate of every living person on the planet. This may sound like a philosophical thought experiment, but under current policy, this scenario could […]

Read the full piece in SF Gate.  With the United States embarking on an enormously expensive top-to-bottom reconstitution of its nuclear arsenal, the moment has arrived to end a nearly 60-year national commitment to the nuclear triad by eliminating all land-based missiles. The U.S. would be better off strategically and financially without the triad, and […]

Read the full piece in Medium. Donald Trump confused the nuclear doctrine of no first use of nuclear weapons and a first nuclear strike at his debate with Hillary Clinton on September 26. But that distinction is lost on most people. On Monday evening, NBC anchor Lester Holt asked: “On nuclear war, President Obama considered […]

Read more in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette We do not talk about it much because it is no longer a threat. Iran has shipped out 98 percent of its stockpile of enriched uranium, reduced its centrifuge stockpile by two-thirds and is under the most rigorous and intrusive system of nuclear inspection ever devised. Read more in the Pittsburgh […]