Ron Henry

In this day and age there’s no shortage of new challenges that governments of the world have to face and tackle, including atmospheric pollution, climate change and the rapid human-caused environmental degradation. Under these circumstances, what didn’t seem to be much of an issue yesterday, becomes a big issue today…

Throughout the Cold War the incredibly intimidating destructive capability of nuclear weapons created a red line that neither the US nor the USSR were willing to cross, which compelled them to negotiating their differences even when the parties were equally reluctant to do so. Regrettably, those days seem to be back, as tensions between Russia and China…

Just a couple years ago, one could get an impression that the the problem posed by nuclear weapons was under control, if not solved completely.  Project Syndicate notes that Russia and the US were gradually reducing their nuclear stockpiles, following the guidelines of various…