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Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system with two 9M723K5 missiles, at a Russian demonstration of military technology in 2017. The Iskander system is reported to be capable of firing ballistic missiles that can carry a tactical nuclear warhead. Photo by Vitaly Kuzmin

Karaganov’s case for Russian nuclear preemption: responsible strategizing or dangerous delusion?

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Building information resilience to reinforce arms control

By Kate Zander, Mayra Ameneiros, Ance Baura, Tomáš A. Nagy | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Widening the field of view on ‘Oppenheimer’

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons

Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’: an artistic visual tapestry of the bomb’s science and power intricacies

By Lovely Umayam | Nuclear Weapons

This is a screenshot from a 1975 Bulletin magazine issue that focused heavily on the threats that humanity faced on the threshold of the last quarter of the Twentieth Century. From arms control discussions between the US and Soviet Union, to discussions on how to combat a mounting energy crisis, this issue features commentary from luminaries like historian Alice Kimball Smith and champion of free speech Samuel H. Day Jr.

An avid peace activist’s agenda from 1975

By Samuel H. Day Jr. | Nuclear Risk

A family photo of Edward Hall (left) and Ted Hall, provided to author Dave Lindorff by Sheila Hall, daughter of Ed Hall. The photographer is likely Ed's wife, Edith (deceased).

A tale of two suspects: ‘Oppenheimer’ versus ‘A Compassionate Spy’

By Hugh Gusterson | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Watch now — After the fallout: Oppenheimer’s Trinity test has US civilians seeking compensation today

By Avery Restrepo | Nuclear Risk

What ‘Oppenheimer’ can teach today’s scientists

By Charles D. Ferguson | Nuclear Weapons

My grandfather helped build the bomb. ‘Oppenheimer’ sanitized its impacts

By Emily Strasser | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Failed visionaries: Scientific activism and the Cold War

By Anna Pluff, John R. Emery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Top medical journals call for global action to reduce nuclear war risk

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A barefoot boy waiting in line and staring ahead at a crematorium in Nagasaki, with his dead baby brother strapped to his back. Photo by US Marine photographer Joe O’Donnell

What can we learn from ‘Oppenheimer’ about the blind spots in nuclear storytelling?

By Shampa Biswas | Nuclear Waste, Nuclear Weapons