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Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

Appeal For a West Asia Free of Nuclear Weapons

by Giorgio Ferrari and Emanuela Bavazzano Editorial note: As scientists, we are deeply concerned about the threat of nuclear weapons, particularly in the context of West Asia ('the Middle East'). Since 1974, the UN General Assembly has passed 44 resolutions urging the establishment of a denuclearized zone in

Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe

Hamas: From Candidate Enforcer to Implacable Foe

by Assaf Kfoury. Editorial note: A strategic action’s unforeseen negative consequences are referred to as blowback. For the United States, the prototypic security blowback followed the CIA’s 1953 overthrow of Iran’s moderate nationalist Prime Minister in favor of the autocratic Shah; this subjugation eventually led to the

Dwight Eisenhower gives his 1961 Farewell Address

Against Militarism

by Professor Richard Falk. Adapted from a speech given by Richard A. Falk on 9 December 2023 at The International Convention Against War and Destructive Use of Science: Scientists Against Israeli Apartheid, Occupation and Genocide in Gaza. I find the initiative that the organizing committee has taken in producing this