nuclear weapons

President Emmanuel Macron’s solemn speech on French nuclear deterrence, delivered on March 2, 2026, from the Île Longue submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) base, manages the remarkable feat of combining, in a “both-at-once” manner, a clear retreat from the traditional doctrine…

Between March 19 and 21, Pressenza participated in the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America, hosted by CIESPAL in Quito, Ecuador — a regional forum for reflection and exchange on community, grassroots, and alternative communication, understood as a…

Talk presented as part of Pressenza’s panel titled “Nuclear Weapons, Existential Threats, and Journalism: Looking to the Future” during the 3rd Juntanza Festival for Communication from Our America CIESPAL, in Quito, Ecuador, on Friday, March 20, 2026. Nuclear weapons have…

As wars escalate and nuclear rhetoric resurfaces—including threats related to potential conflict with Iran—nuclear weapons have returned to the center of the global agenda. In this context, Pressenza International Press Agency is hosting two roundtable discussions on the existential threat…

War rarely begins with missiles; it begins with words. Long before bombs fall and cities tremble under the weight of military power, conflicts usually pass through the corridors of diplomacy. Negotiations, agreements, warnings, and sanctions become the language through which…

Religious fervor is pushing the world to the brink—and the TPNW is our red line Iran’s squares are once again filling with crowds. But this time, they are not protesting against the ruthless regime that has brutally repressed its own…

Sirens cut through the night like a scream that has forgotten how to end. Children cry in basements and stairwells; mothers clutch trembling hands; fathers scan the sky as if their eyes alone could shield their homes from fire. Across…

by Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Bangladesh has urged a diplomatic resolution to the escalating conflict involving Iran and the wider Middle East, stressing dialogue over confrontation as regional tensions intensify. After a high-level meeting at the Secretariat, Adviser Humayun…

February 5, 2026, was the date on which the New START Treaty expired without the US and Russia renewing it. The People’s Republic of China also did not participate in renegotiations. By Klaus Moegling Nothing now stands in the way…

The following is an email that Professor Steven Starr, the former director of the University of Missouri’s Clinical Laboratory Science Program, sent out last night. It contains useful graphics and a reminder that today is the last day of an era…