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Memos to Trump: Policy recommendations the new president might actually like

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Three nuclear policy challenges for the second Trump administration

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons

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‘Not enough firefighters’: Historic wildfires rage unabated in Southern California

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.

By Durwood J. Zaelke, Paul Bledsoe | Climate Change

Why US sanctions against Pakistan’s ballistic missile program might backfire

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

What a second Trump administration may mean for the Saudi nuclear program

By Nour Eid | Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

The nuclear year in review: Welcome to the antechamber of the next nuclear crisis

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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By Matt Field | Biosecurity

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The best of the Bulletin’s bimonthly magazine, 2024

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

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The rise and fall of Sweden’s nuclear disarmament advocacy

By Naman Karl-Thomas Habtom | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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Emerging experts of 2024: Fresh thinking about the military (and TikTok)

By Dawn Stover | Analysis, Voices of Tomorrow

January issue: Nuclear materials, their enduring risks and new challenges

By Bulletin Staff | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

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‘Not enough firefighters’: Historic wildfires rage unabated in Southern California

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Why US sanctions against Pakistan’s ballistic missile program might backfire

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Memos to Trump: Policy recommendations the new president might actually like

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Three nuclear policy challenges for the second Trump administration

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons

Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.

By Durwood J. Zaelke, Paul Bledsoe | Climate Change

How Fukushima’s radioactive fallout in Tokyo was concealed from the public

By François Diaz-Maurin | Investigative Reporting, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

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Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change

The walls have eyes: How Trump plans to supercharge border security with tech

By Petra Molnar | Disruptive Technologies

What a second Trump administration may mean for the Saudi nuclear program

By Nour Eid | Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

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