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
New York, July 30, 2022 North-West Russia Peace Movement, Public Council of the Southern Coast of the Gulf of Finland, Sosnovy Bor, St Petersburg, Russia, e-mail: obdecom@gmail.com www.decommission.ru Dear participants of the conference! Thank you to the International Network Peace & Planet for the invitation and the opportunity to talk to you from the shores of … 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
Shihoko Goto, Michael Klare, and Zhiqun Zhu provided timely, comprehensive, and cutting edge analyses of the impacts of the Ukraine War on China and U.S.-Chinese relations. Recorded May 19, 2022.
CPDCS was privileged to record Noam Chomsky’s speech for the 2022 World Social Forum.
On April 15, Joseph Gerson led a seminar about the Ukraine War for the Latin America & Caribbean Working Group and Department of Conflict Resolution Studies of Nova Southeastern University It addressed origins and the course of the war, its nuclear and global economic ramifications.
A Negotiated Settlement of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict? Webinar Featuring Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute We were privileged to chair the March 31 webinar with Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. Deeply knowledgeable about Russia and Ukraine and experienced in conflict resolution initiative, Lieven provided an incisive review of the failures of … Read more