LAWRENCE WITTNER
Will America And China Choose The Path Of Peaceful Cooperation Or Destructive Confrontation?
Photos: YouTube On September 10, 2021, during an important diplomatic meeting that occurred by telephone, U.S. President Joseph Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping ...
World Leaders Who Ignore Prophetic Voices And The Masses Threaten Our Planet’s Survival
Photos: YouTube\Twitter In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra was a priestess who was able to predict the future but unable to convince others to act ...
How Do We Build Social Solidarity Across National Boundaries To Solve Global Problems?
Photos: Wikimedia Commons Is it possible to build social solidarity beyond the state? It’s easy to conclude that it’s not. In 1915, as national ...
Are We Headed Toward Conflict or Cooperation in U.S.-China Relations?
Photos: YouTube The United States and China, the world’s mightiest military and economic powers, are currently heading toward a Cold War or even a ...
The Fateful Choice: Nuclear Arms Race or Nuclear Weapons-Free World
Photos: YouTube\LivableWorld The recent announcement by the British government that it plans a 40 percent increase in the number of nuclear weapons it possesses ...
Amid Widespread Disease, Death, and Poverty, Major World Powers Increased Their Military Spending in 2020
Dr. Lawrence Wittner decries the increased military spending of the major military powers, including America–during the COVID-19 crisis. Last year was a terrible time ...
Opposition to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons—and What Could Help to Overcome It
Photos: Wikimedia Commons Given the fact that nuclear war means the virtual annihilation of life on earth, it’s remarkable that many people continue to ...
Rescue Plan: Government Should Promote General Welfare of Americans
An event revealing a great deal about the kind of government Americans want occurred this March, when members of the U.S. Congress voted on ...
A Rapidly Globalizing World Needs Strengthened Global Governance
Photo: YouTube The world is currently engulfed in crises—most prominently, a disease pandemic, a climate catastrophe, and the prevalence of war—while individual nations are ...
