3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1423+ words) If those killed in war could speak, this is what I imagine they would say. They would claim that war is humanity's biggest moral failure and that war is the real enemy. They might ask, "Are we savage animals or…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1242+ words) One of the curious ironies of our time is that, although many politicians spout heated nationalist rhetoric, rail against foreign nations, and belittle international cooperation, this approach to international affairs is not at all what most people want. The climate…...

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (1174+ words) In his award-winning book about World War I, the historian Paul Fussell began'The Great War and Modern Memory'with the words: "Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected." He was all too correct. During'four years of bloodshed,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (904+ words) CGS is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-partisan membership-based organization that for more than 75 years has brought together a diverse collective of individuals and organizations with a common goal of a unified world predicated upon peace, human rights, and the rule of…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1194+ words) If the objective of the U. S. war upon Iran is to ensure that that country does not develop nuclear weapons, that goal was attained more than a decade ago through a far different approach than the one now being followed by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1131+ words) On April 1, 2026, Donald Trump startled the world by publicly declaring that he was "absolutely without question" considering withdrawing the United States from the 77-year-old NATO alliance." Trump's remarks came only hours after Pete Hegseth, his Defense Secretary, declined to reaffirm…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (999+ words) The inaugural Norman Cousins Lecture will be delivered by Professor Leila Nadya Sadat, James Carr Professor of International Criminal Law at Washington University School of Law, Director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, and an internationally recognized authority on…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1052+ words) The U. S. military attack upon Iran is but the latest indication that the system of international law'which provides guidelines for the behavior of nations in world affairs'is crumbling. Disgusted by the ability of these and other nations to act with impunity,…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (965+ words) On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous "Doomsday Clock" to 85 seconds to midnight'the closest setting, since the appearance of the clock in 1946, to nuclear annihilation. This grim appraisal has impressive…...