On this sombre 20th anniversary of the Iraq war, its hundreds of thousands of dead, the continued fallout of regional instability, and mistrust in a press that shrinks by the day, it is timely to address the preparedness of the press in reporting the next nuclear misadventure.… Read More Iraq 20, Atomic Reporters 10
Despite the Covid pandemic, the last 12 months have seen a flurry of activity in the Middle East in the field of regional security: The Abraham Accords, moves by the USA and Iran to return to compliance with the JCPOA, and elections in the USA, Iran and Israel, among many others…… Read More Media Briefing: Developments in the Middle East & the perspectives for WMD Disarmament
Mutual threats of nuclear attack by Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, Hawaiians fleeing the false alarm of an incoming missile, the U.S. and Russia unveiling controversial new nuclear policies and accusing each other of violating a crucial nuclear agreement in the midst of an icy winter for arms control. Not since the eve of the invasion of Iraq has media been paying this much attention to nuclear weapons.… Read More Nuclear journalism’s fault lines from Iraq to the NPR