Following years of arduous negotiations, and decades of hostile relations, Iran and world powers on Tuesday announced a nuclear agreement that proponents say provides a historic opening for military deescalation, relief from devastating sanctions, and ultimately, peace. “This deal is a huge victory for diplomacy over war,” Phyllis Bennis, senior fellow at the Institute for…
A round of peace talks between Iran and six world powers adjourned one day early in Lausanne, Switzerland on Friday with P5+1 nations (the U.S., Russia, China, United Kingdom, France, Germany) at loggerheads over issues including sanctions relief and yet with hopes still high that diplomacy can proceed. The official reason for the recess was…
How secure is America’s nuclear arsenal? A brief look at recent headlines shows that the deadliest weapons on the planet have been at the center of a series of mishaps that could have easily turned into catastrophic disaster. Yet the American public’s apathy toward potential nuclear accidents — not even including the civilian energy variety…
