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Trump’s U.N. speech asking whether to ‘annihilate’ Iran reflects our country’s history of violence
This commentary by Scott Fina was originally published in the Santa Maria Sun on 8 October, 2026.
The United Nations hosted its 2026 General Assembly and Debate in Manhattan from September 22-28. At the assembly, President Trump add...
AI Meets Nuclear Weapons - New Nuclear Arms Race
On 8 October, 2026, Dr. Ivana Nikolić Hughes, president of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, joined Professor and political scientist Glenn Diesen for a conversation on the the escalating risks of nuclear weapons in the age of AI and the pa...
On Being Awarded the Women Waging Peace Award | Katrina vanden Heuvel
On September 30, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation honored Katrina vanden Heuvel and Annie Jacobsen with its 2026 Women Waging Peace Award in Santa Barbara. The award recognizes women whose work advances peace, justice, and a world free of n...
In the Age of AI, Nuclear Weapons Abolition Is a Renewed Imperative
The following excerpt is from an article by Ivana Nikolić Hughes originally published in The Nation on 21 September, 2026. Read the full article in The Nation.
The revelation that artificial intelligence (AI) may pose an existential...
In a World of Nukes and Climate Emergency, Knowledge Is Survival
The following article by Ivana Nikolić Hughes was originally published in Common Dreams on 20 September, 2026.
The current state of our world has repeatedly been described as one of the most challenging moments since the end of Worl...
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An ongoing collection of all things nuclear insanity in policy, history, and culture.
Professor of History and Director of the Nuclear Studies Institute at American University. Co-author with Oliver Stone The Untold History of the United States, books and documentary film series
President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Senior Lecturer at Columbia
Scott is on the board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. He regularly protests against ICBM tests conducted at Vandenberg Space Force Base. He has a doctorate in political science, and retired from his work in international development.
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