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Henry Sokolski

Henry Sokolski is the executive director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center in Arlington, Virginia, and author of China, Russia and the Coming Cool War (2024). He served as deputy for nonproliferation policy in the office of the US secretary of defense during the George H.W. Bush administration.


Articles by Henry Sokolski

A wargame suggests how a war between Israel and Iran might go nuclear

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What will you do if Iran gets the bomb?

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Wargame simulated a conflict between Israel and Iran: It quickly went nuclear

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons
US State Secretary Antony J. Blinken meets with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 7, 2023.

The coming US-Saudi nuclear deal: Keep it honest

By Henry Sokolski, Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion
SMR control room simulator

A small modular reactor’s demise calls for big change in Energy Department policy

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy

Wargame shows attacks on reactors would cause meltdowns and military paralysis

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, 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

Will Seoul and Washington make Riyadh nuclear-weapons ready?

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons
images illustrating war in space

A China-US war in space: The after-action report

By Henry Sokolski | Disruptive Technologies
Plutonium pellet. US Energy Department public domain image via Wikimedia Commons.

For the NPT to work, plutonium has to go

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion
Mike Pompeo and Mohammed bin Salman

Toward an honest Middle East nonproliferation policy

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Risk, Opinion
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station under construction

Trump’s new foreign investment agency: Itching to build on nuclear quicksand

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Opinion