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Nuclear Weapons

Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.)

Prevent the outbreak of another global security threat. Extend New START.

By Daryl G. Kimball | Analysis, Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

IAEA nuclear safeguards inspectors with remote surveillance equipment

Round-the-clock surveillance of Iran’s uranium-enrichment sites continues, despite coronavirus

By Tariq Rauf | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

White House Situation Room Coronavirus briefing

How the coronavirus outbreak is like a nuclear attack: An interview with Jeffrey Lewis

By Jeffrey Lewis, John Krzyzaniak | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons

Columbia Journalism Review on the Bulletin: “a publication with extraordinary history and reach”

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons

Setsuko Thurlow at ICAN

“Proud to be an American?” What an American admiral forgets about nuclear war

By Monica Montgomery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

A Russian Topol-M mobile missile at a 2012 parade.

Russian nuclear forces, 2020

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

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at a 2017 G20 meeting in Hamburg.

Why US-Russian arms control can succeed even in a climate of confrontation

By Mikhail Troitskiy | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

US President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, look on as German Chancellor Angela Merkel communes with French President Emmanuel Macron during ceremonies commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.

Why Germany won’t build its own nuclear weapons and remains skeptical of a Eurodeterrent

By Oliver Meier | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Republic of Korea Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets. Photo credit: ROK Air Force

How to keep South Korea from going nuclear

By Duyeon Kim | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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

The NPT turns 50: Will it get to 60?

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Can the nuclear nonproliferation regime be saved when arms control is collapsing?

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Lyndon Johnson addresses the UN General Assembly, 1968.

The NPT took effect 50 years ago; its purpose has been debated from the beginning

By Jonathan R. Hunt | Nuclear Weapons