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Analysis

Why “stupid” machines matter: Autonomous weapons and shifting norms

By Ingvild Bode, Hendrik Huelss | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Technology and Security

Overview: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Suing oil companies to pay for climate change?

By Seth Shulman | Analysis, Climate Change

Measuring radiation doses in mass-casualty emergencies

By Mary Sproull, Kevin Camphausen, Gregory D. Koblentz | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

The effects of a single terrorist nuclear bomb

By Matthew Bunn, Nickolas Roth | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

On North Korea, don’t expect China to change

By Gregory Kulacki | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

After the storms have passed: Rebuilding with climate change in mind

By Alice C. Hill | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

Will artificially intelligent weapons kill the laws of war?

By Herbert Lin | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Special Topics, Technology and Security

Scientists of the world, unite!

By Erica Chenoweth | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

Verifying the nuclear ban: Lessons from South Africa

By Hassan Elbahtimy, Christopher Eldridge | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean nuclear test shows steady advance: interview with Siegfried Hecker

By Elisabeth Eaves | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The trouble with Trump’s North Korea policy

By John Nilsson-Wright | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons