Nuclear Weapons

How the bomb failed to deliver security in Pakistan

By Sadia Tasleem | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

An elderly man in a wheelchair speaks with two women seated nearby in a well-lit living room with a lamp, window, and framed photos in the background.

Here’s what America’s last WWII atomic veterans want you to know

By Victoria Kelly, Karin Tanabe | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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Before the next nuclear crisis, listen to those who lived through the last one

By Renata Hessmann Dalaqua, Rebecca Davis Gibbons | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The political implications of Hiroshima’s scarred “maidens”

By Alex Wellerstein | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Uncategorized

Two men in formal attire sit side by side, smiling and clasping hands, in an ornately decorated room with gold accents and intricate designs visible in the background.

Trump administration signs a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia—and risks a Middle East arms race

By François Diaz-Maurin | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Several delegates sit at desks with microphones and laptops in a conference room, listening and speaking during a formal meeting.

How the impasse over Iran sank the NPT Review Conference

By Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A man in a suit holds a wet umbrella colored like the French flag, standing in front of a blurred map of Europe.

Forward deterrence: What’s (not) in it for France’s partners

By Oliver Meier | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A nuclear power plant with large cylindrical and rectangular structures, exposed platforms, and a smokestack under a partly cloudy sky.

Closing the loop on Bushehr’s plutonium problem

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Several people in business attire walk toward a large bronze spherical sculpture in a modern courtyard surrounded by glass buildings and trees.

AI for peace: In Rome, Nobel laureates call for disarming AI and nuclear weapons

By François Diaz-Maurin, John Mecklin | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Workers in protective suits handle large blue cylindrical containers, moving them on a rail-mounted platform inside an industrial facility.

Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant?

By Gregory Jones | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Thirteen films that are essential to understanding the nuclear age

By Alex Wellerstein | Magazine, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay, Satire, Special Topics

An F-35A fighter jet releases a B61-12 dummy nuclear bomb mid-flight against a clear blue sky.

Is London shifting from nuclear deterrence to war-fighting?

By S.M. Amadae, Tom Stevenson | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons