Amidst the Ukraine War, the Biden Administration published its National Security. Strategy. The Strategy opens with the statement at “The post-Cold War era is definitely over, and competition is under way between the major powers to shape what comes next.” Rather than pursue win-win Common Security approaches, the Strategy calls for an integrated ali government zero-sum … Read more
For a shade under 40 years Joseph Gerson has worked closely with Hiroshi Taka, long the Secretary General of Gensuikyo, the Japan Council against A- & H-Bombs. In his speech during the International Peace Bureau’s MacBride Peace Prize ceremony for Taka, Joseph paid homage to this exceptional, modest deeply committed and inspiring leader of the … Read more
Former Canadian Disarmament Ambassador Douglas Roche’s speech at the MacBride Peace Prize ceremony for Hiroshi Taka, spoke of the urgency of confronting the specter of nuclear war arising from the Ukraine War, where disarmament initiatives of the past 50 years went wrong, the urgent need to reinforce the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty and build on the … Read more
Hiroshi Taka, long the General Secretary of Gensuikyo, the Japan Council against A- & H-Bombs was awarded the International Peace Bureau’s Sean MacBride Peace Prize. True to his modest character and profound commitments to nuclear weapons abolition, Taka’s speech reviewed 40 years of some of the world’s most important nuclear disarmament initiatives and the importance … Read more
On October 10, amidst Vladimir Putin’s nuclear threats, the devastation of the Ukraine War, an the approaching 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Noam Chomsky shared his thinking with CPDCS and the International Peace Bureau.
Russia’s use of tactical nuclear weapons could trigger a cataclysmic nuclear exchange. by Joseph Gerson During the first days of the Ukraine war, former Senator Sam Nunn warned that the Ukraine War was a Cuban Missile Crisis in slow motion. That warning was recently reiterated by senior analysts in Moscow during an off the record conversation. … Read more
In his Common Security article, Joseph Gerson has shared important lessons taken from peace conferences and events across Asia and Europe, about NATO as a global alliance, and his thoughts about how we begin to address the interrelated threats to democracy, of escalating great power confrontations and climate change. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/07/12/global-nato-alliance-european-left-and-crack-everything
CPDCS’s Joseph Gerson was invited to speak at Blue Banner’s international conference in Mongolia. His article describes the role of Mongolia’s nuclear weapons free-zone to its centuries-long efforts to remain independent of both China and Russia. It also reflects discussions with Vladimir Ivanov, a Russian scholar based in Moscow. We don’t often think in terms … Read more
“The Ukraine War and the World’s Dangerous and Changing Geopolitical Landscape” was written by Joseph Gerson to Mongolia’s Institute for Strategic Studies, in Ulan Bator on June 10, 2022 Mongolian Institute for Strategic Studies Joseph Gerson – June 10, 2022 Thank you for this opportunity to meet with you. I expect that I will learn … Read more
“Ukraine and Continuing Dangers of Nuclear War” was prepared for delivery by Joseph Gerson at Blue Banner’s 30th Anniversary Meeting in Ulan Bator on June 9, 2022. Blue Banner is a Mongolian NGO that has played a major role in winning and building on Mongolia’s nuclear weapons-free status. Blue Banner Meeting, Ulan Bator Dr. Joseph … Read more