#nuclear-tensions

#nuclear-tensions

As a teenager, I was stupefied by On the Beach (1959), the cinematic portrayal of Nevil Shute's 1957 novel about the extermination of human life in Australia as a lethal radioactive cloud drifts from the Northern Hemisphere (where it was generated by a cataclysmic nuclear war) to the South Pacific. Next came Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), still the most powerful dramatization of nuclear war's utter madness.

The Indus Waters Treaty, a six-decade-old agreement governing water from the Indus Basin's rivers, faces suspension by India, prompting Pakistan to issue a war warning.

In "Eighty Years on the Edge," the writers reflect on how the Atomic Age has significantly shaped eight decades of geopolitical realities and societal impacts.

The recent escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict underscores global tensions, with the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites leading to missile launches and calls for a ceasefire.

"Iran's unilateral closure of the Strait of Hormuz would be the equivalent of dropping an atomic bomb on the oil market, entering uncharted territory for global commerce."