Let’s avoid another nuclear arms race

In this file photo taken on January 23, 2020, the Doomsday Clock reads 100 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists will announce on Jan 24 whether the time of the symbolic clock will change. – AFP

IN an annual exercise since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets its Doomsday Clock to provide an educated guess of how close humanity is to the apocalypse. The organisation will announce its 2023 clock on Jan 24, and I expect the outlook is bleaker.

If the United States responds to rising nuclear danger with more arms control instead of more weapons, it could help push the clock’s hands back again.