Nobel peace prize awarded to Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group for its efforts to free the world of nuclear weapons

The decision to award the Nobel peace prize to Nihon Hidankyo is particularly timely. In 2023, the world’s nine nuclear powers spent over US$91 billion on nuclear weapons. The world’s nuclear powers – especially China and the US – are expanding and modernising their arsenals. And tensions are fast escalating between nuclear-armed Israel and near-nuclear Iran.   […]