foreign policy

Physicians for Social Responsibility Welcomes Positive Outcomes from Singapore Summit

June 13, 2018

PSR welcomes the positive steps taken by President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at Tuesday’s summit meeting in Singapore. A commitment to negotiate denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula has the potential to make the world a safer place.

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A failed Trump-Kim summit would be a catastrophe

June 8, 2018

Op-ed by PSR’s Dr. Ira Helfand for CNN.

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Physicians’ Prescription for Action on North Korea

June 8, 2018

In the run-up to the June 12 summit with North Korea, a group of prominent physicians urged Congressional leaders to promote diplomacy and prevent a war that could result in massive casualties.

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Diplomacy is the public health solution for Korea

March 23, 2018

After a harrowing downward spiral in which President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un carelessly exchanged threats and engaged in provocative military actions, we are seeing a ray of…

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Extend the Olympic Truce, Prevent War with North Korea

February 16, 2018

The Olympic Truce is a tradition that dates back to the original Olympic Games of Ancient Greece. In 2018, the truce is fraught with extra meaning. To cool tensions before…

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UN Nuclear Ban Treaty Could Heal Broken U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, Say U.S. Medical Professionals

July 7, 2017

Despite a misguided boycott by the U.S. and other nuclear-armed countries, today the UN adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons worldwide.

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