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When maximizing food production manufactures disaster risk

By Charlie Mather, Gerald Singh | Analysis, Climate Change

Hibakusha group receives Nobel Peace Prize for “demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again”

By François Diaz-Maurin, Thomas Gaulkin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A new military-industrial complex: How tech bros are hyping AI’s role in war

By Paul Lushenko, Keith Carter | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite captured Hurricane Helene making landfall near Perry, Florida, just east of the Aucilla River's mouth on Sept. 26, 2024, at 11:10 p.m. EDT. With winds reaching 140 mph and storm surges estimated at as high as 15 feet, the Category 4 storm was among the most powerful to strike the United States.

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future.

By John Morales | Analysis, Climate Change

President Vladimir Putin talks with the governor of Kursk on the situation regarding the Ukrainian invasion of the south of the oblast. Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The new red line: Why a prolonged conflict in Ukraine makes a nuclear attack more likely

By Phillips P. O’Brien | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

The United States Department of Commerce

Are new US export controls rules on chips and other critical tech good enough?

By Ian J. Stewart | Analysis

The N.S. Savannah was the world's first nuclear powered merchant ship. It launched in 1959 as part of the Atoms for Peace program. Photo: Department of Transportation Maritime Administration

Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea

By George M. Moore | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

The US presidential candidates are not confronting the nuclear threat that haunts the world

By Robert Jay Lifton | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A game plan for dealing with the costly Sentinel missile and future nuclear challenges

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

What do Americans really think about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

By Scott D. Sagan, Gina Sinclair | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 NPT Review Conference will hold its second session from July 22 to August 2 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Interview: US diplomat Adam Scheinman on nonproliferation, arms control, and the NPT

By | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

map showing water-related conflicts over thousands of years

4,000 years of conflict over water: a timeline

By Morgan Shimabuku | Analysis, Climate Change