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A Father of Modern Ukraine, NATO, U.S. Draw Line in the Sand With Rhetoric Not Seen Since WWII

April 16, 2021

PICTURED: Ukrainian tanks withdrawing from the eastern regions. Photo credit: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. CC 2.0. WASHINGTON…

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UK Announce Increase of Nuclear Stockpile While Pentagon Predicts the Same in China

March 17, 2021

December, 2016. PICTURED: Now-Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks at Chatham House when he was Sec. of State for Foreign…

31 Dems Ask Biden to Start Moving Beyond Old Nuclear War Policy
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31 Dems Ask Biden to Start Moving Beyond Old Nuclear War Policy

February 26, 2021

PICTURED: President John J. Kennedy returns to the White House in 1962 alongside an Air Force aide carrying the…

Biden Putin Agree to 5-Year Extension of New START the Last Nuclear Weapons Treaty
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Biden Putin Agree to 5-Year Extension of New START the Last Nuclear Weapons Treaty

January 27, 2021

PICTURED: Presidents Biden and Putin. Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/kremlin.ru CC 2.0. and CC 4.0. WASHINGTON D.C. January 26th, 2020.…

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UN Treaty Makes Nuclear Weapons Illegal While Nuclear Powers and Victims Baulk

October 27, 2020

NEW YORK CITY, U.S. October 25th 2020. A treaty that bans the use, manufacturing, sale, and maintenance of nuclear…

As the World Pushes to End the Nuclear Age, Major Nuclear Powers Say No
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As the World Pushes to End the Nuclear Age, Major Nuclear Powers Say No

October 24, 2020

UNITED NATIONS, New York City, U.S.A. October 22nd, 2020. The United States is issuing letters to nations telling them…

New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation
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New START Treaty Extension Remains Unsigned – US Weighs Nuclear Escalation

October 2, 2020

PICTURED: Marshall Billingslea, the current arms control negotiator for the United States, speaking at a press conference in Latvia,…

Russia and U.S. Must Reduce Nuclear Arms to Chinese Levels for Beijing to Join Arms Control Agreements
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Russia and U.S. Must Reduce Nuclear Arms to Chinese Levels for Beijing to Join Arms Control Agreements

July 9, 2020

PICTURED: Fu Cong, Director‐General of the Department of Arms Control of Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic…

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Arms Race Starter Pistol Goes Off As U.S. Formally Withdraws From 1987 Missile Reduction Treaty

August 4, 2019

PICTURED: The 2K12 “Kub” (Russian: 2К12 “Куб”; English: cube) mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet low to medium-level…

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July Tariff Revenues Generate a Meager One-Fourth of Deficit Spending Increase

Andy Corbley September 8, 2025

Despite year-over-year revenue from import duties growing 252% compared to July of last year, government inlays were dwarfed by…

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Israel’s Destruction of Palestinian Olive Trees: Security Meets Environmental Warfare

Suzanne Latre August 28, 2025

At dawn on Monday, Israeli military bulldozers entered the Nablus area. They began uprooting thousands of olive trees, which…

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US Has Bombed Somalia Over 50 Times This Year

Andy Corbley August 21, 2025

US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted an airstrike against al-Shabaab southwest of the city of Bariire in central Somalia last…

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