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

A submarine-launched missile emerges vertically from the ocean, creating a large splash and plume of water and vapor.

Chinese nuclear weapons, 2026

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight-Boyle | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

July issue: Doomsday, the movie

By Dan Drollette Jr | Artificial Intelligence, Chemical Weapons, Climate Change, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Satire, Special Topics

Hiroshima 2 hours after bomb dropped

The Manhattan Project first created the Bomb. Then came its story—as revealed in the documentary “Bombshell”

By Dan Drollette Jr | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Poster from “The War Game.” Via BBC.

A film about nuclear war “too horrifying for the medium of broadcasting”

By Rebecca Fons | Magazine, Nuclear Weapons

Donald Trump's face is pictured next to a smartphone displaying one of his social media posts.

Why Trump’s nuclear blackmail of Iran failed spectacularly

By Jack Kennedy | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian flags wave in front of a nuclear power plant complex with a dome-shaped reactor building and a tall red-and-white smokestack in the background.

Beyond alarmism: A realistic assessment of Bushehr’s plutonium risk

By Sasan Karimi | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Three key moments helped build the nuclear order. Time to revisit

By Matthew Sharp | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Two men in suits greet each other on a red carpet at an airport, with an airplane and several people standing in the background.

After New START: Why new formats of strategic arms control need a common view

By Alexey Arbatov, Konstantin Bogdanov | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A man in academic regalia speaks at a podium with the presidential seal during an outdoor ceremony at The American University, with people seated behind him.

Beyond ‘Pax Americana’: How JFK’s lessons on unilateral nuclear restraint show that Trump should do more

By Matthew Bunn | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A French military jet flies above a French Air Force refueling aircraft in midair against a clear sky.

How France’s new nuclear doctrine strengthens NATO

By Etienne Marcuz | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons