Analysis

A man in a suit and glasses speaks at a United Nations meeting, seated behind a sign reading "Iran (Islamic Republic of)".

Iran’s positions at the NPT Review Conference are rational. Ignoring them would weaken the treaty

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Satellite image shows a new tunnel entrance at Lop Nur Nuclear Test Site in a mountainous area, with adjacent road and structures visible. Text labels provide coordinates and date: December 30, 2025.

How China uses the Non-Aligned Movement to avoid nuclear accountability

By Diya Ashtakala | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A person lifts a carpet with a broom nearby, revealing a radiation warning symbol on the wooden floor.

Will the Trump administration’s ‘nuclear campus’ plan break the US nuclear waste gridlock?

By Vincent Ialenti | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Waste

AI nuclear decision making has a data problem

By Ulysse Richard, Yorgo El Moubayed | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

Large empty assembly hall with rows of seats, a central podium, and the United Nations emblem displayed on a golden wall in the background.

How to salvage the NPT Review Conference

By Adam Scheinman, Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A group of workers in white uniforms and hard hats oversees the lifting of a large blue cylindrical metal component by a yellow crane outside an industrial facility.

Missing from US-Iran talks: plutonium for more than 200 nuclear bombs

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Golden Dome in action

Space-based missile defense: Golden Dome or gold brick?

By Jeff Hecht | Analysis, Missile Defense

A group of people in formal attire sit around a table with phones and documents; one person wears a "USA" cap. A map and security personnel are visible in the background.

Taking a sledgehammer to the nuclear nonproliferation regime

By Frank von Hippel, Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Three men in suits stand in front of two US flags; one speaks at a podium with the Vice Presidential seal, while the other two listen.

It seems Washington needs to be reminded of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

By Olamide Samuel | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A bright rocket streaks upward into the night sky from a snowy, mountainous coastline, leaving a glowing trail through clouds and darkness.

What this Norwegian ‘close call’ says about a world without New START

By Jamie Withorne, Raven Witherspoon | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian flags wave in front of a nuclear power plant complex with a dome-shaped reactor building and a tall red-and-white smokestack in the background.

Trump’s ‘a whole civilization will die’ threat against Iran exploits long-standing ambiguity over what Washington considers legal in war

By Ali Alkis, Ludovica Castelli | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Countries in red or orange are non-members.

How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime

By George Perkovich | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons