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Robert Socolow

Global collapse is in view

By Robert Socolow | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk

bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency will not save Putin from sanctions

By Aaron Arnold, Allison Owen | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

KIEV, UKRAINE, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 26: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire from a bombed civilian building in a residential area on February 26, 2022, in Kiev, Ukraine. A missile has hit this residential building in the capital. Several explosions have rocked Ukraine's capital, Kiev, in the early hours of Saturday morning, and clashes are taking place in the Beresteiska area and at a thermal power station in Troieschyna. (Photo By Diego Herrera/Europa Press via Getty Images)

Ukraine update: Ukrainian forces continue stiff resistance; Putin raises nuclear alert status; Ukrainian and Russian delegations to enter talks

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

New sarcophagus, Chernobyl power plant. Credit: Timon91. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

Russian forces now control Chernobyl, inviting speculation and uncertainty

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A picture of Putin.

Europe’s ‘darkest hour,’ war in a radioactive zone, and fleeing citizens: Putin invades Ukraine

By Matt Field | Analysis

Woman handling Russian bills

Russia invaded Ukraine, but imposing financial sanctions like SWIFT may not be the best path forward.

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis

office worker and tank Prague Spring 68

Ukraine 2022: Flashback to Crimea 1993? Prague Spring 1968?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, What We’re Reading

President Joe Biden announces sanctions after Russia moves troops to Ukraine.

Biden announces new sanctions, moves troops to Baltics. Will Putin order Russian troops further into Ukraine?

By Matt Field | Analysis

Natalia Koryagina, Russia. After teaching herself to cultivate organic vegetables in her kitchen garden, Natalia Koryagina, a local geography teacher, has won national recognition for her work promoting new agricultural techniques in kitchen gardens, and providing training to local women on the use of these techniques. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Sanctions may sting if Russia invades Ukraine, despite Moscow’s efforts at sanction-proofing

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Iran’s nuclear potential can be cut, but not eliminated

By Jon B. Wolfsthal | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 1:13 a.m. Pacific Time Oct. 2, 2019, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. 191002-F-CG053-1002 (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. J.T. Armstrong)

US defense to its workforce: Nuclear war can be won

By Alan Kaptanoglu, Stewart Prager | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Ukrainian servicemen seen along the frontline outside of Svitlodarsk, Ukraine on January 30. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

How the demise of an arms control treaty foreshadowed Russia’s aggression against Ukraine

By Amy J. Nelson, Adam Twardowski | Analysis, Nuclear Risk