Eighty Years After Nagasaki: Who Truly Upholds Peace While Nuclear Threats Rise?

On the solemn 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, survivors gather to remember lives lost and injuries suffered under one of history's darkest chapters. Yet beneath their heartfelt calls for nuclear abolition lies a sobering truth: while dreams of disarmament persist, global realities are moving in the opposite direction. The U.S. atomic attack on August 9, 1945, ended Japan's aggression and World War II at great cost—approximately 70,000 people perished in Nagasaki alone. These sacrifices underscore an enduring lesson about war’s terrible price. But today’s repeated calls from some international circles to abandon nuclear deterrence overlook a critical...