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HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
The Bulletin covers Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Be sure to check the website next week for special coverage commemorating the 75th anniversaries of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including a beautiful essay from scholar Richard Rhodes on the only answer to the threat of nuclear weapons that makes sense; Elaine Scarry’s exploration of race as a factor in the decision to drop the bombs; Alex Wellerstein on counting the dead at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (and why that’s so difficult); and a message from the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture, Hidehiko Yuzaki.
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Participate in commemorative events
From August 6th to August 9th, the Bulletin and many of our partners are hosting online events to mark the first use of nuclear weapons. The weapons are still here–and so are nuclear survivors. Check the listings below to join an event that observes the anniversaries and honors those who are #stillhere.
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HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
Global Webinar: Why the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima Would Be Illegal Today
Do you care about the rule of law? What about nuclear weapons? Join a Bulletin Global Webinar featuring Scott Sagan, the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, and Allen Weiner, Director of the Program in International and Comparative Law at Stanford Law School. Bulletin columnist Sara Kutchesfahani, director of the N Square DC Hub, will lead the conversation on August 3rd. Read the article. Then register for this free webinar.
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HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
At the Brink: Modernizing Doomsday
Seventy-five years after the atomic bombings of Japan, the Doomsday Clock ticks closer to midnight and the US is preparing to spend trillions rebuilding its nuclear arsenal. Join Rachel Bronson, Sharon Squassoni, Jerry Brown, and Jon Wolfsthal in episode 4 of At the Brink with Lisa Perry. Listen here.
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HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
The Dawn of the Nuclear Age – 75 Years After Hiroshima
Has reporting on the devastating impacts of nuclear weapons succeeded in curbing their spread? On August 6th, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosts Bulletin president Rachel Bronson, Ploughshares president Emma Belcher, and author Lesley M. M. Blume to discuss Blume’s new book, Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World. Event information.
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HIROSHIMA & NAGASAKI
The International Symposium for Peace 2020
July 31, Bulletin president and CEO Rachel Bronson and former US Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, chair of the Bulletin’s Board of Sponsors, will join “The Road to Nuclear Weapons Abolition,” part of the International Symposium for Peace 2020 hosted by the Nagasaki city government and The Asahi Shimbun, among others. The event will be live-streamed free. Learn more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The history of the ‘decision’ to drop the bomb has been told many times. But what has been underplayed is how concerns about ethics and law were invoked, but in a muted and often rationalizing manner that had little impact on the targeting of Hiroshima.”
— Katherine McKinney, Scott Sagan, Allen Weiner: “Why the atomic bombing of Hiroshima would be illegal today”
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