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Hezbollah supporters at mass rally, vowing revenge for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, a commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard

What the Soleimani killing means for the Iran nuclear deal

By Abbas Milani | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

US trident missile test

The six best nuclear risk stories of 2019

By | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

US Advanced Hypersonic Weapon test

Hypersonic missiles: Three questions every reader should ask

By Ivan Oelrich | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

christmas illustration of north korea kim jong-un on horse as santa claus with nuclear missile

Santa Kim is coming to town—with North Korean gifts that keep on giving

By Ankit Panda | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Seven candidates for UK parliament, 2019.

UK parliamentary debates: Some Brits throw nuclear deterrence under the coach

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The building housing smallpox-causing virus at the VECTOR research center.

What happened after an explosion at a Russian disease research lab called VECTOR?

By Filippa Lentzos | Analysis, Biosecurity

Pope Francis waves to a crowd.

In Japan, Pope Francis denounces nuclear weapons and questions nuclear power

By Matt Field | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

nasa arctic ice climate change

Bad climate news, times three—plus some hope

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

Fiona Hill

Fiona Hill speaks to impeachment committee. Here’s what she previously said about Putin in the Bulletin.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis

The 2010 nuclear security summit in Washington, DC.

Would terrorists set off a nuclear weapon if they had one? We shouldn’t assume so

By Christopher McIntosh, Ian Storey | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Deval Patrick speaking in Denver in 2008.

Deval Patrick: the latest presidential candidate to be uninformed on nuclear weapons

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Information overload: The promise and risk of quantum computing

By Lindsay Rand, Berit Goodge | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies