foreign policy

Upcoming Events: TPNW Third Meeting of States Parties

February 21, 2025
Campaigners holding an ICAN banner with the UN building in the background

From March 3-7, campaigners from around the world will be gathering in New York City to join the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

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From Landmines to Nuclear Weapons: Diplomacy in Advancing Disarmament Despite Setbacks

December 18, 2024

Last month, PSR NWA Staffer Magritte Gordaneer attended the Fifth Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Landmines in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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The NPT Convenes in Geneva as Disarmament Experts Call for Progress on Nuclear Disarmament

July 25, 2024

This July and August the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) meets in Geneva for the second session of the preparatory committee for the eleventh Review Conference. Many activists and nuclear disarmament experts have convened at the United Nations to deliver statements to this session of the NPT.

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No, We’re Not Stuck With Nuclear Weapons

April 9, 2024

Op-ed in CommonDreams co-authored by David P. Barash, PSR Member.

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A prescription for peace in Gaza: Use America’s leverage

February 12, 2024

Op-ed in the Des Moines Register from PSR’s Drs. Yazeed Ibrahim, Ira Helfand, Robert Dodge, and David E. Drake.

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Doomsday Clock remains perilously close to midnight

January 25, 2024

On hand for the announcement, special presenter Bill Nye said, “We could be facing catastrophe unless we better manage the technologies we’ve created. It’s time to act.”

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Urgent Call for Ceasefire and Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

December 28, 2023

PSR urgently calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. We urge the international community to prioritize providing essential medical supplies, restoring healthcare facilities, and supporting water and sanitation infrastructure.

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At the UN, ratifiers of the TPNW Ban Treaty reject nuclear deterrence, push for treaty universalization

December 15, 2023

Sixteen PSR members, along with colleagues from allied organizations, were among the 700 civil society registrants participating in the second Meeting of States Parties to the treaty.

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Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program’s 2023 Year in Review

December 15, 2023
Group standing outside the UN with sign reading "No nukes! No war! No warming!"

PSR’s Nuclear Weapons Abolition program worked tirelessly in 2023 to promote disarmament and achieve justice for nuclear-affected communities.

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COP28: Cup half-full or half-empty?

December 14, 2023

Working in overtime, the delegates at the United Nations COP28 climate talks adopted a “historic” statement urging nations around the world to transition away from fossil fuels. It is the…

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