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A large screen on a street in Beijing shows a Chinese military plane participating in a three-day air and sea exercise around Taiwan that began on April 8, 2023.

How to manage and de-risk an emerging Cold War II with China

By Robert Daly, Robert Litwak | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

The US military tests a missile in the ocean.

The US nuclear arms control community needs a strategic plan

By Stewart Prager | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The University of Chicago’s new climate initiative: brave research program or potentially dangerous foray into solar geoengineering?

By Jessica McKenzie | Analysis, Climate Change, Investigative Reporting

Flag of California with wireframe bear

California AI bill becomes a lightning rod—for safety advocates and developers alike

By Owen J. Daniels | Analysis

Russian and Iranian foreign ministers meet in Moscow

The West has a 15-month opportunity for a new nuclear deal with Iran that precludes an Iranian Bomb

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Can minimum deterrence save nuclear arms control?

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

Artist's concept shows future ICBM blasting into sky

Another reason to cancel the Sentinel missile: the rising cost of its nuclear warhead

By Stephen Young | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Israel to perform at Eurovision. Expect protests, machine guns, and drones

By Erik English | Analysis

Illia Ponomarenko, former defense reporter for the Kyiv Independent.

Ukrainian journalist Illia Ponomarenko on the horror and absurdity of Russia’s senseless, existential war

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Book Review, Nuclear Risk

An illustration of three nuclear missiles exploding from a smartphone screen and labeled as facts, context, and engagement

How nongovernmental entities are tailoring their outreach to address nuclear escalation

By Clara Sherwood, Jamie Withorne | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

US Army soldiers walking in Syria

Listen up, UN: Soldiers aren’t fans of killer robots

By Catherine Sarkis | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Voices of Tomorrow

Nukes, political violence, and environmental exploitation: The enduring relevance of Dune

By Erik English | Analysis, Nuclear Risk