Japan’s Peace Movement Braces for an Age of Nuclear Proliferation
The annual ceremonies in Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and Nagasaki on Aug. 9 are somber yet chilling events. But on the 80th anniversaries of history’s only atomic bombings, Japan’s peace ...
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Iran Says It Executed Its Own Nuclear Scientist for ‘Espionage’
Iranian state media confirmed the execution on Wednesday of Rouzbeh Vadi, identified as one of the nation’s top nuclear scientists, on charges of alleged espionage and cooperation with Israel’s Mossad ...
80 Years After Hiroshima, Nuclear Risks Are Rising
Eighty years after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, an alarming number of protracted crises are—or risk—pitting nuclear powers against each other. U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
The Islands That Can Solve the Iran Crisis
In the early 19th century, the Al Qasimi clan posed a formidable challenge to the British East India Company. They were labeled as a dangerous tribe of pirates with whom the ...
How the Atomic Bombs Reshaped the World
“‘Why is it night already? Why did our house fall down? What happened?’ The befuddlement of 5-year-old Myeko Nakamura moments after the first atomic bomb fell at 8:15 on the ...
Cooler Heads Prevail in the Gulf—for Now
For years, politicians, diplomats, analysts, and journalists working on the Middle East worried that a war between Iran and Israel could quickly spill over into the Arab world. If Israel ...
There’s More Than One Way to Build a Bomb
Immediately after the United States attacked Iranian nuclear facilities on June 21, President Donald Trump declared the operation a “spectacular military success.” Since then, his administration has been searching for ...
Iranian foreign minister confirms nuclear sites ‘seriously damaged’ by US strikes but vows to continue uranium enrichment: ‘We can never give it up’
Iran’s nuclear facilities were “seriously damaged” by US missile strikes last month but the regime intends to continue uranium enrichment efforts once they are rebuilt, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ...
Iran and the Logic of Limited Wars
Israel’s air war against Iran—“Operation Rising Lion”—may be over, but the controversy surrounding the attacks lives on. One key question is whether the U.S. strikes on the Iranian nuclear facilities ...
France and U.K. Sign Key Deals on Migration, Nuclear Weapons
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at France and Britain’s migration and nuclear weapons deals, U.S. tariff threats against Brazil, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit ...
