Stories written by Joseph Gerson

The 21st Century Nuclear Arms Race

By Joseph Gerson
A new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—focusing on nuclear weapons spending-- following on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists recent decision that their Doomsday Clock, should be set as close as it has ever been to nuclear catastrophe. should serve as a wake up calls for humanity.

US-China Cold War Could Lead to a More Dangerous Nuclear Stand-off

By Joseph Gerson
Despite the negotiation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), we are confronted by the increasing dangers of great power war, even nuclear war.

South China Sea Provocations & Meeting China Halfway

By Joseph Gerson
In the words of (ret.) Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Secretary of Defense Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff, the Trump Administration has been dangerously “poking China in the eye.”

Trump, Korea, the Ban, & Where Hope Lies

By Joseph Gerson
There is much to celebrate in the Nobel Peace Prize Committee’s decision to award this year’s prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).

Opinion: Challenging the Nuclear Powers’ Extremism

By Joseph Gerson
On the eve of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference five years ago, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned that governments alone will not rid the world of the specter of nuclear annihilation.