July 1st is the 40th anniversary of the signing of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). At the height of the Cold War, the NPT forged a new path in international politics by derailing nuclear proliferation. With the recent world changes, though, it is not certain that NPT will continue to be effective in […]

Religious leaders gathering this week at the Festival of Faiths in Louisville must make a forceful call to forge a consensus of conscience and reason: Nuclear weapons are unworthy of civilization. No other threat to human survival is as immediate and hazardous as the 27,000 warheads still in existence.

All of the nuclear weapon states support the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) “in principle,” including those that are not parties to it. But they justify their continued possession of nuclear weapons with the specious argument that they have “special” security needs, which can only be satisfied with nuclear weapons.