Nuclear Weapons, or How I Learned to Keep Worrying and Detest the Bomb
by Sean Wild — A practice common in schools across America during the 1950s was to perform what was known as “duck-and-cover” drills. For...
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Sep 15, 20223 min read
Choosing the Least Bad Option: Restoring the Iran Nuclear Agreement
by John Whitehead — The United States and Iran have been engaged in negotiations for over a year in an attempt to reach a new agreement...
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Sep 7, 20223 min read
Americans: Urge Your Congressional Representatives to Support H.Res. 1185
by Samuel B. Parker — On June 16th, Representative James McGovern introduced H.Res. 1185 - Embracing the goals and provisions of the...
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Aug 29, 20223 min read
A Time to End the Killing: The Significance of Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Death
by John Whitehead — Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian doctor who became the head of al Qaeda, reportedly met his death on July 30. President...
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Jul 26, 20223 min read
A Hungry World: How the Ukraine War Worsens a Global Food Crisis
by John Whitehead — One of the terrible consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a disruption of the global food supply. The...
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Jun 23, 20223 min read
Can the War Be Ended? US-Saudi Relations and the Yemen War
by John Whitehead — The Biden administration announced on June 14 that the president would visit Saudi Arabia in July. During his trip,...
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May 29, 20226 min read
A World’s Crisis: On Warming, Migration, and the Potential Impacts of Climate Change
by Sean Wild — The world is at a pivotal moment when it comes to climate change and the state of the planet. According to current warming...
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May 23, 20224 min read
The Cost of War: Shireen Abu Akleh and the Apparent Disposability of Civilians and Journalists
by Samuel B. Parker — On May 11th, journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed in the West Bank city of Jenin during a raid...
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May 16, 20225 min read
Wasted Opportunities? The New Defense Budget and Nuclear Posture Review
by John Whitehead — The Biden administration released its proposed defense budget for Fiscal Year 2023 earlier this spring. The proposal...
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May 11, 20223 min read
Wimbledon Drops the Ball: Excluding Russians from International Athletics is Unethical Hypocrisy
by Samuel B. Parker — On April 18th, organizers of the Boston Marathon followed through on their resolution to prohibit Russian and...
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Apr 1, 20223 min read
Mariupol, Kunduz, and the Neglected Legacy of U.S. War Crimes
by Samuel B. Parker — Earlier this month, the Russian Air Force executed an airstrike against a pediatric hospital and maternity ward in...
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Mar 24, 20226 min read
A People in Agony: How the United States Continues to Fuel the Yemen War
by John Whitehead — A war between Yemen and the nearby states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been going on for...
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Mar 21, 20223 min read
Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right: Constructively Discussing Race in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...
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Mar 14, 20223 min read
Opposing War amid Repression: Anti-War Efforts in Russia
by John Whitehead — The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rightly provoked widespread condemnation. Perhaps the most important source of...
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Mar 9, 20226 min read
The Biden Administration: A Year in Review
by Samuel B. Parker — It has been just over a year since Joe Biden took office as President of the United States, and that year has been...
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Mar 8, 20224 min read
Twice Abandoned: The Disabled and Institutionalized in the Russo-Ukrainian War
by Kristina Artuković — During the 2014 war in Ukraine, Disability Rights International (DRI) conducted an investigation into the...
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Mar 4, 20224 min read
U.S. Policies Continue to Harm Innocent Afghan Civilians Even After Armed Forces Withdrawal
by Samuel B. Parker — Six months ago, the U.S. military began an overdue yet chaotic process of withdrawing from Afghanistan. The United...
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Mar 1, 20224 min read
The Russo-Ukrainian War and the Nuclear Threat: How Did We Get Here, and What Do We Do Now?
by Samuel B. Parker — On February 24th, Russian forces invaded Ukraine and initiated the first major conventional war on the European...
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Feb 21, 20224 min read
Help War’s Victims: End the Economic Punishment of Afghanistan
by John Whitehead — Having already endured decades of civil war, Afghanistan’s people now face economic collapse and abysmal poverty. The...
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Feb 17, 20223 min read
A Defense Against Threats or a Cause of Them? The United States’ Global Military Presence
by John Whitehead — The United States’ military presence extends across the earth. U.S. military personnel are located in hundreds of...
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