Opinion | Germany-Japan Are Arming Up Fast, First Time In Decades. What Are They Preparing For?

Opinion | Germany-Japan Are Arming Up Fast, First Time In Decades. What Are They Preparing For?

In both Germany and Japan, post-war identities were built around restraint. Why the shift now?

American-Israeli War on Iran Risks Fuelling the very Nuclear Proliferation it Claims to Prevent

By HMGS PalihakkaraCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Apr 28 2026 (IPS) As delegates from 191 countries, including the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, gathered Monday at UN headquarters for a month of diplomacy at the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the stakes could hardly be higher. They meet in the shadow of a war of choice, waged by the United States and Israel against Iran—ostensibly to prevent nuclear pr…

Guterres warns of number of nuclear warheads growing globally for first time in decades

Some governments are openly mulling the acquisition of these horrific weapons, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said