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General Interest
Closer to midnight: The Doomsday Clock and the threat of nuclear war
The Doomsday Clock is the gimmick we need to think about nuclear tensions
Kissinger: Nuclear proliferation greater threat from North Korea than a strike
North Korea
North Korea could set off global nuclear arms race, CIA says
US war with North Korea would be “really tough” to win, says top marine
Is Russia helping North Korea? Moscow hits back at reports it violates UN sanctions
North Korea’s Olympic unity efforts won’t ease tensions, former defense secretary Ash Carter says
Nuclear war is “lurking like a time bomb” despite inter-Korean talks, North Korean analyst says
Kim Jong-un slush fund “running out” as North Korea tests weapons despite sanctions
Trump administration takes more steps to crack down on North Korea’s nuclear weapons development
The fog of peace and limited strikes on North Korea
Keep squeezing North Korea with sanctions
United States
Soros: Trump has US “set on a course towards nuclear war”
Reyes: Our enemies could use nuclear weapons to create EMP attack
Charlottesville: A government-commissioned story about nuclear war
The Navy may have no way to counter Russia’s Status-6 nuclear torpedo (yet)
Big fears of small nukes overblown
Opinion: The US’s dangerous new nuclear policy
Trump desires extra nukes than US can deal with – outgoing nuclear warhead chief
The world’s biggest non-nuclear bomb just got better
Hanford radioactive monitoring not protecting workers
International
Comparing the nuclear challenges posed by North Korea and Iran
European Union countries must push back on Trump to save Iran nuclear deal
Putin hails new bomber as a boost to Russia’s nuclear forces
Russia kicks off flight tests of first upgraded supersonic nuclear-capable bomber
Russian spy ship spotted snooping around US nuclear submarine bases
Why the world should fear India’s new ICBM’s
Abe urges realism on nuclear disarmament
Member states contribute €8.7 million to IAEA laboratory modernization in 2017
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