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Russian military pilot in 2016. Credit: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации. License CC BY 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia threatened a “military-technical” response for unmet demands. What could that mean?

By Pavel Podvig | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Negev Nuclear Research Center

Nuclear Notebook: Israeli nuclear weapons, 2022

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

People walk past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on January 11, after North Korea fired a

North Korea’s goals in 2022: internal stability and nuclear development

By Duyeon Kim | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A 2016 Great Prophet wargame in southeastern Iran. Credit: Hossein Zohrevand for Tasnim News Agency. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran nuclear deal negotiators must act with urgency, given Iranian and Israeli nuclear brinkmanship

By Gawdat Bahgat | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Uncategorized

DeepMind’s David Silver speaks to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters. Photo provided by David Silver and used with permission.

DeepMind’s David Silver on games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters

By Susan D’Agostino | Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo speaks the 2015 NPT Review Conference event, “The Urgency of Action on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty – Contributing to International Peace and Security in an Increasingly Unstable World.” Credit: The Official CTBTO Photostream. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Key nuclear treaty review plagued by COVID delays as distrust grows

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Artist's concept shows future ICBM blasting into sky

Best of 2021: Emerging experts on nuclear risks and climate change

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License.

The 2021 nuclear year in review—with five enduring stories

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

ICBM test launch

“Do You Hear What I Hear” was actually about the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Reba A. Wissner | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. 208 pages. Candlewick Press. Ages 10 and up.

The Genius Under the Table: A poignant children’s book set in the Cold War

By Susan D’Agostino | Book Review, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, What We’re Reading

2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade. Credit: Website of the President of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

In Ukraine, Putin tries his hand at nuclear blackmail. Here are seven ways to thwart him.

By John Erath | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

People protesting against Chutka Nuclear Power plant in Mandala district. Villagers of Chutka in Mandala district along with other displaced villagers of Bargi dam organised a rally to protest against the government decision to install Nuclear Power Plant at Chutka. If the project gets implemented then it will displace 3 villages. Credit: India Water Portal. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.

India has long suppressed antinuclear activism. Still, activists persist.

By Urvashi Sarkar | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons