Tag: nuclear weapons
Eugene Doyle: The demon in the mirror. Trump exposes who we are
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle
They “will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of...
Owen Wilkes was an admirable, fearless and unforgettable New Zealander
INTRODUCTION: By Mark Derby
Just weeks after Owen Wilkes’ sudden death in 2005, a van arrived at his basic bach in Kāwhia to carry away...
Oppenheimer’s warning lives on: global laws, treaties fail to stop new arms race
ANALYSIS: By Alexander Gillespie
J. Robert Oppenheimer — the great nuclear physicist, “father of the atomic bomb”, and now subject of a blockbuster biopic —...
Yes, Oppenheimer isn’t opening in Japan this week – but the country has a long history of cinema about the war
ANALYSIS: By Peter C. Pugsley
While Christopher Nolan’s new film Oppenheimer is opening in much of the world this week, a Japanese release date has...
Nuclear-free campaigners warn against AUKUS raising Pacific tensions
By David Robie
Advocates and defenders of a nuclear-free Pacific have condemned the AUKUS military pact and warned New Zealand that the agreement would make...
Congressmen angry that Bikini islanders’ nuclear trust fund may have been ‘squandered’
By Giff Johnson in Majuro
Following widespread media coverage of the collapse of what was a more than US$70 million trust fund for Bikini islanders...