Nuclear Weapons

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

President of the Review Conference for the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Do Hung Viet, at work at UN headquarters in New York last week. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)

The 11th NPT Review Conference ends with a whimper

By Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A group of people in formal attire sit around a table with phones and documents; one person wears a "USA" cap. A map and security personnel are visible in the background.

Why Congress and senior officials must deny Trump a ‘nuclear escape’ in Iran

By Paul Slovic, Rose McDermott | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Lessons learned from an Army Corps radioactive waste disposal plan for Michigan that went South

By Chanese A. Forté | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

A barren landscape with dry, leafless trees and dusty ground under a hazy sky with the sun partially visible.

How nuclear war would impact the global food system. And how to prepare for it

By Florian Ulrich Jehn | Interviews, Nuclear Weapons