Is Nuclear Really a Deterrence?
A sane voice in a world of insane assumptions. Well you have to start somewhere. My vision is nuclear is on its way out, I feel our future will be nuclear free.
Gareth Evans
Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign minister for eight years and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group, is currently Chancellor… Continue reading
The War Against Ourselves: An Interview with Major Doug Rokke
The War Against Ourselves: An Interview with Major Doug Rokke
The following interview was conducted by the director of the Traprock Peace Center, Sunny Miller, supplemented with questions from YES! editors. Sunny Miller’s interview was originally broadcast on WMFO (Boston) in November 2002 and is available for re-broadcast at www.traprockpeace.org
Doug Rokke… Continue reading
Former Head of the Depleted Uranium Project in the Pentagon speaks about Depleted Uranium
The transcript is recommended reading. The reality of war most of us don’t want to know about. We are safe watching movies that depict war, but the real thing is another story. As a peace educator the two values that come to mind are Reponsibility and Empathy. There is no… Continue reading
Robert McNamara: The Fog of Beliefs Lead to War
I watched this documentary last night and it is recommended viewing. It was very interesting learning the lessons of conflict and war from Robert McNamara, the former US Defence Secretary well known for his role directing the Vietnam war. A detailed Wikipedia overview is provided below the video.
First I will provide my own observations.… Continue reading
Obama Nuclear Summit: A Safer and Saner World?
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Nuclear Security: The Obama Summit and what Comes Next
Keynote Address by Professor Gareth Evans, to Fissile Material Working Group NGO Summit, Next Generation Nuclear Security: Meeting the Global Challenge, Washington, 12 April 2010
The context in which I come to nuclear security issues is not as a specialist on any one… Continue reading
Nuclear Weapons Are A Zero Sum Game
I was feeling a sense of the nuclear security talks in South Korea. Gareth Evans came to mind. What is clear is that no leaders can ask any country to not build nuclear weapons or disarm if they are armed. Moreover, the argument of only responsible nations are nuclear armed is not relevant… Continue reading