By Shawn Rostker In Washington, we talk about the Indo-Pacific constantly — its strategic importance, its contested future and the role the United States ought to play in shaping it. But rarely does D.C. pause to ask how the people in the region see that future unfolding for themselves. At the 2025 Young Trilateral Leaders […]
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80 Years Later: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Legacy of Hibakusha
On August 6 and 9, 1945, the United States bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the first nuclear weapons ever used against another country. In this special episode, Communications Director and Guest Host Anna Schumann takes a step back from the hard-hitting policy deep dives Nukes of Hazard is generally known for to speak with Sara […]
Hiroshima: Would a woman have dropped the atomic bomb?
Policy Coordinator Emma Sandifer was interviewed by Artículo14 about the role of women in creating nuclear weapons policies. The article is originally in Spanish. It’s been 80 years since the first atomic bomb was dropped, one of the darkest passages in human history that took place in Hiroshima , and at Article 14 we ask ourselves whether things […]
Op-Ed: The Korean Peninsula Has Seen Grand Overtures Come and Go – What Matters Now is Whether Small Steps Can Still Lead Somewhere
Research Analyst Shawn Rostker wrote an op-ed for 38 North about how U.S. policy toward North Korea’s nuclear program must change. For decades, US policy toward North Korea has ranged from bombast to paralysis. The Trump-Kim summits marked a rare moment of high-level diplomacy, but with little lasting progress. Today, with signs that the United States […]
Report: Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Surpassed $100 Billion Last Year
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with Truthout about the latest report from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) about increased nuclear weapons spending. John Erath, senior policy director for the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, told Truthout in a phone call that nuclear weapons cannot simply be wished away. “There has to be a lot of […]
