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Opinion

The US hypocrisy about Israel’s nuclear weapons must stop

By Victor Gilinsky, Leonard Weiss | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

What Trump got right about nuclear weapons—and how to step back from the brink

By Lucas Ruiz, Geoff Wilson | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Trump just assaulted the independence of the nuclear regulator. What could go wrong?

By Allison Macfarlane | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Trump can’t denuclearize North Korea. South Korea’s next leader should pursue risk reduction instead

By Daeyeon Lee | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

The national missile defense fantasy—again

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Why US sanctions against Pakistan’s ballistic missile program might backfire

By Syed Ali Zia Jaffery | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

A large container ship on the ocean

Note to Syrian rebels: Give up Assad’s chemical weapons and prosecute those who used them

By Doniyor Mutalov | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

tearing hair out at meal with climate change-denier

Advice for Thanksgiving 2024: How to deal with the climate change-denier at the table

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change, Opinion, Special Topics

Three Mile Island

Congress wants to turn the nuclear regulator into the US industry’s cheerleader—again

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Energy, Opinion

Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia is much ado for little consequence

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Dispatch from a nuclear petting zoo

By Collin Van Son | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Welcome to the American petrostate

By Michael E. Mann | Climate Change, Opinion