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The Problem of Peaceful Societies for the Belief in the Necessity of War

For any given war, one can examine the months or years or decades during which one or both sides worked diligently to make it happen, and both sides conspicuously failed to develop peaceful alternatives. Even in the moment of greatest…

No peace: US to deliver $2.1 billion in arms and ammunition to Ukraine

Since the start of the armed conflict, Washington has allocated a total of $39.7 billion in military aid to the Kiev regime. Artillery shells, ammunition for laser-guided rocket systems, drones and Patriot multi-missile systems are part of the new military…

Universalisation of Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty Is Increasingly Essential

Photo: Wreath-Laying at the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims by G7 leaders—Italy’s PM Meloni, PM Trudeau of Canada, President Macron of France, Summit host Fumio Kishida, US President Biden, and Chancellor Scholz—flanked by European Commission president von der Leyen…

U.S. Conference of Mayors Adopts New Resolution “Calling for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear War, Resolve the Ukraine Conflict, Lower Tensions with China, and Redirect Military Spending to Meet Human Needs”

At the close of its 91st Annual Meeting in Columbus, Ohio, on June 5, 2023, the final business plenary of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) unanimously adopted a new resolution, titled, “Calling for Urgent Action to Avoid Nuclear…

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine. This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend. Owners of the venue which was…

Can China and the United States Establish Mutual Respect to Lessen Tensions?

On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and speeded across its path. The…

Europe’s biggest scandal

By Sergei Shevchuk, ukrainian political scientist Under pressure from the Americans, the Ukrainian court in charge of the biggest European cash bribery case did the unusual: it left everyone happy. As a result, Andriy Kicha, legal director of the Burisma…

When will the United States join the global call to end the war in Ukraine?

Must our leaders bring us to the brink of World War III, with all our lives at stake in an all-out nuclear war, before allowing a cease-fire and a negotiated peace? When will the United States join the global call…

Another Naples Institute on educational visit to NATO Command.

As reported in a report by Diana Sodano on the JFC Naples Command website, on May 26, another group of schoolchildren from the Neapolitan area, accompanied by their teachers, visited NATO’s strategic facility for Southern and Eastern Europe and Africa…

June 2: Nonviolent ecumenical movements call for ratification of the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty

Letters held by the activists, TPNW, are for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons On the pancarts: Nuclear weapons, Resolution for global disarmament passes in the Foreign Affairs Committee in the House Senzatomica and Rete Pace Disarmo (Network…

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