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Nuclear Weapons

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A message from a proud nuclear-missile owner

By Elisabeth Eaves | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

The Vatican tries to reduce the revived global threat of nuclear war

By Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

How to ensure Iran never resumes reprocessing

By Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, Katlyn M. Turner | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

North Korea Standoff

Breaking the vicious cycle of the US-North Korea nuclear standoff

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

Canada’s misguided debate on North Korea’s missiles

By Matt Korda, Andrea Berger | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Weighing 75 years of the nuclear age

By Elisabeth Eaves, Julian Hayda | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Duke’s Peter Feaver on the president and US nuclear command and control

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

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A witness to atomic history

By Michael Drapa | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

A Missile Defense Agency flight test of a ground-based interceptor, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. in June 2014.

North Korea fires a ballistic missile, in a further challenge to Trump

By Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

The abilities—and limits—of North Korean early warning

By Terence Roehrig | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Ira Helfand, PSR

He helped found two groups that won the Nobel Peace Prize: Ira Helfand of PSR

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Reconsidering the nuclear demigod called Mr. President

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading