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Nuclear Weapons

Members of Israel's Home Front Command and police forces inspect a crater left by an exploded projectile at a heavily-damaged school building in Israel's southern city of Gedera on October 1, 2024, after Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel in response to the killings of Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah and other Iran-backed militants. Reports said Iran fired between 150 and 200 missiles in the attack, the country's second on Israel after a missile and drone attack in April in response to a deadly Israeli air strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Carnegie nuclear expert James Acton explains why it would be counterproductive for Israel to attack Iran’s nuclear program

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Why Russia is more likely to go nuclear in Ukraine if it’s winning

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Iran vs. Israel redux: The enormous difficulties and ramifications if Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear sites

By Darya Dolzikova, Matthew Savill | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: How will you reassure allies worried about the credibility of the US security guarantees?

By Sara Bjerg Moller | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: Will the United States sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What is your plan to prevent the next dangerous and expensive nuclear arms race?

By Laura Grego | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: How will you deter North Korea’s aggression without deteriorating the situation on the Korean Peninsula?

By Eliana Johns | Nuclear Weapons

The experts comment: Key nuclear questions that the US presidential candidates should answer

By François Diaz-Maurin, John Mecklin | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: Has Russia’s war in Ukraine changed your view of the role of nuclear weapons?

By Siegfried S. Hecker | Nuclear Weapons

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

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What will you do to avoid a nuclear arms race with Russia and China?

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons