Topic: War and conflict
Hiroshima’s question: Will we continue to live under the nuclear shadow?
Article / 10th August 2026Hiroshima’s Peace Declaration and the U.N. secretary-general’s message set out two possible futures as the global nuclear order frays.
Cut the Pentagon, save the planet: The $1.5 trillion climate solution we can’t ignore
Article / 21st July 2026The scale of the Pentagon’s environmental destruction and its financial power is unfathomable. Cutting it's budget could do wonders for the planet.
Global Week of Action for Peace and Climate Justice
Event / 23rd June 2026Join the mobilisations in September when world leaders meet at the UN General Assembly — six weeks before the UN Climate Conference COP31 in Türkiye.
Open letter: Security for whom?
Article / 23rd June 2026Europe faces a choice: fund militarisation or invest in people. Civil society organisations call on leaders to prioritise health, housing, education, climate action and peacebuilding over a surge in defence spending.
Military escalation in Middle East could push more than 30 million people into poverty worldwide
News / 20th April 2026Ongoing military escalation in the Middle East puts tens of millions of people at risk of falling into poverty across 162 countries, according to new projections released today by the United Nations Development Programme.
The Strait of Hormuz, gate to the Great Sea
Article / 13th April 2026The US-Israeli war on Iran has turned the Strait of Hormuz into a choke point for the world economy, with the gravest consequences falling not on the powerful but on the poorer nations of the Global South.
It’s time to slash US military spending by half
Blog / 10th April 2026Instead of rebalancing spending so that more money is going to things like daycare and health care that would help the people of the United States, President Trump wants to make the gargantuan military budget even larger.
Iran War threatens world food crisis
Blog / 1st April 2026While media coverage of Iran’s restrictions on passage through the Hormuz Straits focuses on fuel prices, partial closure is also disrupting crucial fertiliser and other supplies, risking catastrophe for billions worldwide.
Better uses for the money Pete Hegseth wants to throw at Trump’s illegal Iran war
Blog / 26th March 2026The $200 billion that Hegseth now wants for his and Trump’s Iran war could instead feed and care for everyone at risk of losing healthcare or food aid due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Middle East war risks pushing 45 million more people into acute hunger
News / 18th March 2026The Middle East war could cause the worst disruption to lifesaving humanitarian work since COVID, the UN World Food Programme has warned, as the UN chief again demands an end to the widening conflict.