Biden keeps Trump’s ‘usable’ nukes
Last month the Biden Administration published its 2022 Nuclear Posture Review, many months later than expected. The delay was reportedly due to differences over...
Why we say Wages not Weapons
Can you believe what this government is like? We’re in the biggest cost of living crisis for decades with inflation at a forty year...
TUC Congress: overturns Defence Diversification policy
Bad news this week as TUC Congress narrowly voted to overturn its progressive defence diversification strategy and back increased military spending. CND was active...
AUKUS: one year on
It’s a year since the AUKUS military pact was announced, between Australia, the UK and the US, drawing Australia further into the US’s military...
Dear Prime Minister…
As you enter the highest office in our land, I urge you to put aside the gung ho rhetoric of the campaign trail, and...
Another NPT fails – due to reckless nuclear-armed governments
Dr Rebecca Johnson writes from New York: On Friday night I saw Russia’s delegates blame others for Moscow’s decision to veto the outcome document,...
Luck is not a strategy…
Last week UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is ‘one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation’. Speaking in New York at the opening...
NATO’s new Strategic Concept
Last month NATO heads of state met in Madrid for this year’s summit meeting. As expected, a new Strategic Concept was unveiled, setting NATO’s...
How Bruce Kent led CND in the 80s
Bruce Kent was remarkable, inspirational and wise, with a great capacity to communicate and motivate across the generations. He has touched so many lives,...
CND congratulates Canon Paul Oestreicher
During my years in the leadership of CND I have received enormous support from Canon Paul Oestreicher, one of CND’s vice-presidents. Paul is a...