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A polio victim.

Polio is back in the United States. How did that happen?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Biosecurity

French soldiers cooking in the Algerian Sahara in 1961.

A new window into France’s nuclear history

By Austin R. Cooper | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Creating a model democratic alternative to the surveillance state

By Ishan Sharma | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

barbed wire and closed-circuit TV camera

The high-tech surveillance state is not restricted to China: Interview with Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Special Topics

x-ray of hand with RFID chip implanted

Microchips in humans: consumer-friendly app, or new frontier in surveillance?

By Ahmed Banafa | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

What a Cold War crisis over Taiwan could tell us about China-Russia relations today

By (Clark) Aoqi Wu | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in Central California. Photo credit: marya from San Luis Obispo, USA via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

The Diablo Canyon nuclear plant: assessing the seismic risks of extended operation

By Edwin Lyman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Bounty flyer offering $25 million for information about al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Photo credit: US State Department

Why al-Zawahiri’s death should focus attention on nuclear terrorism—foreign and domestic

By Scott Roecker, Nickolas Roth | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Mar-a-Lago in March 2019. Photo credit: The White House

Searching for the meaning of the search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Office of Management and Budget acting Director Shalanda Young and congressional leaders as he signs the “Consolidated Appropriations Act" on March 15, 2022. The act will fund the federal government through September 2022 and provide more than $780 billion for the US military. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are US threat assessments outpacing the military threats America actually faces?

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

IAEA director general meeting with Ukraine officials

Dealing with Russian contempt for the IAEA in Ukraine

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Sweden's Supreme Commander Micael Bydén commented on the decision to apply for Swedish NATO membership at a May press conference. Photo credit: Henrik Lundqvist Rådmark/Swedish Armed Forces

As Sweden gets ready for NATO, will its approach to nuclear weapons change?

By Jens Petersson | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons