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Randall Forsberg

Randall Forsberg (1943-2007) launched the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. She was the executive director of the Institute for Defense and Disarmament Studies in Cambridge.

Articles

Why does needless military spending remain impervious to reduction, while critically needed domestic programs are slashed?

Randall Forsberg

Cooperative Security: The Military Problem.

Randall Forsberg

Forums

How early warning and early action can prevent the escalation of disputes into armed violence.

Saul Mendlovitz, Jonathan Dean, Randall Forsberg
Modern weapons are so destructive that war is less and less likely to take place.
Randall Forsberg

A roundtable with Randall Forsberg.

Randall Forsberg

Forum Responses

Barry Posen makes a strong case for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. His main point, now widely agreed upon even in Washington, is that the American military presence is motivating...
Randall Forsberg
I heartily agree with Elaine Scarry that U.S. government decisions about the use of armed force, and particularly about the possible use of nuclear weapons, are not subject to anything near an...
Randall Forsberg
Nuclear arms control has recently suffered serious setbacks. The suspended START negotiations between the United States and Russia, the Senate’s rejection of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), United States plans to...
Randall Forsberg
Over the past year, Jonathan Dean, Saul Mendlovitz, and I have discussed the Global Action program with several hundred scholars, activists, and diplomats. No one has said “This is a bad plan;...
Randall Forsberg
All of the commentators agree that the risk of a great-power war or major regional war is virtually non-existent today and will remain so for another 10-20 years. If this were recognized...
Randall Forsberg
After the Cold War: Looking for common ground
Randall Forsberg

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