Category Archives: Foreign Affairs

Iowa Should Lead on Banning Nuclear Weapons Testing by Paul Deaton In an era when people say the U. S. Senate is more partisan than it has been since reconstruction, it was surprising when Sen. Chuck Grassley, recently said the … Continue reading →

My first experience with Iran came after the February 1, 1979 return of the exiled religious leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. I was an Army officer stationed near Wiesbaden, West Germany and members of our unit had been tasked to help … Continue reading →

On Nuclear Disarmament for Iowa by Paul DeatonWhen Dr. Helen Caldicott moved from Australia to the United States, she became what Massachusetts Senator Edward M. Kennedy called, “the First Lady of the Nuclear Freeze Movement in the 1980s.” Less well … Continue reading →

Iowans Can Take Action on Nuclear Disarmament by Paul Deaton Nuclear disarmament is an Iowa issue for a lot of reasons. So why do so many Iowans seem unaware or unconcerned about the importance of nuclear disarmament?The President continues to … Continue reading →

Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Part 3 by Daryl Kimball This article is re-printed with permission of the author. Opposition Tinged With RegretEven as they prepared to vote against the CTBT, many Republicans were … Continue reading →

Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Part 2 by Daryl G. KimballWhat Went Wrong in 1999 This article is re-printed with permission of the author.The record of the CTBT in the Senate from 1997 to … Continue reading →

Learning from the 1999 Vote on the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, Part 1 This article is re-printed with permission of the author.by Daryl G. Kimball When President Bill Clinton described the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) as “the longest-sought, hardest … Continue reading →

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An Iowa Nuclear Disarmament Primer, Part 2 by Paul Deaton We don’t talk much about the legacy of the “greatest generation” when it comes to their creation and deployment of nuclear weapons. We grew up in an environment of “duck … Continue reading →

An Iowa Nuclear Disarmament Primer, Part 1 by Paul Deaton Many of us were sleeping when President Obama addressed nuclear disarmament to a crowd in Prague on April 5, 2009. It seems the whole United States has been asleep regarding … Continue reading →