Hiroshima’s Question: Will We Continue to Live Under the Nuclear Shadow? By Katsuhiro Asagiri Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -

On the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing, Hiroshima’s Peace Declaration and the U.N. secretary-general’s message set out two possible futures as the global nuclear order frays https://www.ipsnews.net/2026/08/hiroshimas-question-will-we-continue-to-live-under-the-nuclear-shadow/ HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 7 2026 (IPS) - This year’s Hiroshima Peace Declaration did not begin with words of remembrance alone. It opened instead with what the declaration called “military invasions using nuclear weapons as tools of intimidation,” “imperious actions by major powers in violation of international law,” and the failure of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, Review Conference — for the third consecutive time — to adopt a final document. Copyright © 2026 IPS-Inter Press Service. All rights reserved. -