An old danger returns: The nuclear arms race is revving up December 10, 2025

IPPNW leaders at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in 1985. Photo: IPPNW

Steve Overman, MD MPH and Sean Arent, Washington PSR | Seattle Times

Forty years after IPPNW’s Nobel Prize, the world once again needs clear voices willing to speak uncomfortable truths. Nuclear weapons do not keep us safe. Diplomacy, verification and restraint do.

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