Nuclear Risk

The start of the Woolsey Fire. Credit: CBS LA

California fire near nuclear accident site

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

A billet of highly enriched uranium that was recovered from scrap processed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Plant.

Why the security of nuclear materials should be focus of US-Russia nuclear relations

By Andrew W. Reddie, Bethany L. Goldblum | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Learning from South Korea: How artificial intelligence can transform US export controls

By Zoe Stanley-Lockman | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

Will disruptive technology cause nuclear war?

By Matthew Kroenig, Bharath Gopalaswamy | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif during JCPOA negotiations in Switzerland in 2015. (Photo credit: US Department of State.)

Despite sanctions, Iran unlikely to restart nuclear program—yet

By Kelsey Davenport | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Postage Stamp, Apsara Research Atomic Reactor in Trombay, Mumbai, circa 1965

Estimating India’s nuclear weapons-producing capacity

By Syed Sadam Hussain Shah, Syed Javaid Khurshid | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A Chinese DF-26 intermediate range missile and launcher.

We don’t have a missile gap in Asia. We have a diplomacy gap.

By Alexandra Bell | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Arms control on the brink

By Kingston Reif | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Interactive: The Doomsday Clock Timeline

By | Doomsday Clock, Multimedia, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

intermediate range missile question marks illustration

Expert comment: The INF and the future of arms control

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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Indian nuclear forces, 2018

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The military applications of AI

Artificial intelligence, cyberattack, and nuclear weapons—A dangerous combination

By Pavel Sharikov | Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons