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Nuclear Weapons

illustration of chess pieces made of flags of the nine nuclear weapons states falling over with Ukrainian flag in the background

Has the Russia-Ukraine war blown up the global nuclear order?

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg previews the alliance’s upcoming Madrid Summit with POLITICO journalist Lili Bayer. Photo credit: NATO

Weapons of mass destruction: What will be new in the 2022 NATO strategic concept?

By Rose Gottemoeller | Biosecurity, Chemical Weapons, Nuclear Weapons

Newsstand. Credit: Claudio Schwarz. Unsplash License. https://unsplash.com/photos/C-F0o855g74

During an ‘epidemic’ of news avoidance, moderation is key

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Review: India’s “Rocket Boys” series fetishizes science—and the atomic bomb—in a dangerous way

By Urvashi Sarkar | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

US President Bill Clinton, Russian President Boris, Yeltsin, and Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk sign the Trilateral Agreement on transferring nuclear weapons from Ukraine to Russia and associated matters in Moscow, January 1994. Photo credit: Joseph P. Harahan, historian of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, and the Clinton Presidential Library.

Why Putin’s betrayal of Ukraine could trigger nuclear proliferation

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Making sense of North Korea’s recent ICBM and (possible) nuclear tests

By Seiyeon Ji, Victor Cha | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Essays: Why the Marshall Islands’ nuclear history still matters today

By Rose Gottemoeller, Sally Clark | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

A current security imperative: the US role in the Marshall Islands

By Rose Gottemoeller | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

Nuclear tragedy in the Marshall Islands

By Sally Clark | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Personal Essay

Rebuttal: Current nuclear weapons policy not safe or sane

By Stewart Prager, Alan Kaptanoglu | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A launch of the Russian Iskander-M, which can carry a tactical nuclear warhead, at the Kapustin Yar proving ground in March 2018. Photo credit: the websites (mil.ru, минобороны.рф) of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine

By Jeffrey Edmonds | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Extraterrestial Highway. Credit: Rachel. Accessed via Pixabay. Pixabay License. Free for commercial use.

Survey: Americans love conspiracy theories, and that’s dangerous for everyone

By Matthew A. Baum, Katherine Ognyanova | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons