Fundamental challenges to conventional thinking about nuclear weapons. Executive Director, RealistRevolt.
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It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons by Ward Hayes Wilson
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A meditation on a specific and curious unwillingness to talk that has enormous implications.
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A short essay on why we won't make any progress on nuclear weapons until we can answer one critical question: "What about Kim Jong Un?"
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There has been a revolution in warfare. It will change the way wars are fought and alliances are built. It will change the standing of the United States.
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"Bringing Back Tactical Nuclear Weapons is the Reflecting Pool, the Iran War, and Tarrifs All Rolled into One."
Some thoughts on the Trump Administration's plan to bring back tactical nuclear weapons.
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People sometimes say that Americans are "complacent" about nuclear war. But there are three important behaviors that contradict that conclusion: refusing to talk about it, exaggerating the danger, and worrying about nuclear war.
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As essay about the lies that nuclear weapons told us and how those lies have affected us.
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Quick update on Xi Jinping telling Putin not to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. wardhayeswilson.substack.com…
I’ve been following events in Iran and Russia and I’m concerned about the potential for President Trump or President Putin to be humiliated in those wars. Humiliation matters because of something JFK said about the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The lesson most people drew from Hiroshima is, "Huh. So bombing civilians does win wars." But the people who drew that conclusion were wrong. The painful failure of Russia's attacks on civilians in Ukraine is just further evidence of that fact.
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Are nuclear weapons immoral? You bet. Are there strong pragmatic arguments for eliminating them? Right again.
I wrote a short piece about nukes and morality.
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Will President Trump use nuclear weapons in Iran? Paul Slovic and Rose McDermott make a psychology-based argument that it is entirely possible.
Must read.
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Follow up on my previous post about the increasing anger and aggression expressed in the U.S. president's words and deeds. Concern about his mental stability is genuine and widespread. Some samples.
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It seems increasingly clear that in his anger and outrage, President Trump may well turn to the use of nuclear weapons to coerce Iran.
How to prevent President Trump from using nuclear weapons? Bar the offensive use of them in law.
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The only thing worse than war crimes? Futile war crimes.
I explain why bombing civilians won't win the war in Iran.
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Thoughts about some possible unintended consequences of the U.S. invading Cuba.
(Spoiler alert . . . Taiwan.)
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Jay Shapiro invited me on his podcast, Dilemma. We talked about the state of the world, nuclear weapons risks, and nuclear myths. Check it out.
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Big, big news. 91% of Americans want a new treaty with Russia that either freezes nuclear weapons where they are or reduces their numbers.
The numbers are stunning. If you think Americans "don't care" about nuclear weapons. Think again.
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Some thoughts on the claim that "nuclear weapons will always exist."
Of Course Nuclear Weapons Can be Eliminated - Part 1 open.substack.com/pub/wardha…
Bushido -- The last is a six part series of essays that prove that Japan surrendered because the Soviet Union came into the war. open.substack.com/pub/wardha…