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Opinion

Biden-Putin summit advice: Sit in the mud, but reach for the stars

By Konstantin Sonin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Biden driving electric truck

The next few years will determine our collective climate future. Here’s how Biden is measuring up.

By Dan Lashof | Climate Change, Opinion

Russian President Vladmir Putin. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: www.kremlin.ru, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.

Setting the Biden-Putin summit bar low

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Red trinitite: L. Bindi and P.J. Steinhardt. Used with permission.

What are atomic bomb quasicrystals, and why do they matter?

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Iran elections and the nuclear deal: Why Biden can’t lose, no matter who wins

By Sina Azodi | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Why choose a career in art over nuclear policy? The money

By Molly Hurley | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (Photo credit: US Air Force / Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt)

The Abraham Accords effect: more armed drones in the Middle East

By Ali Arfa | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Earth Day commercial

Corporate greenwash stains Earth Day

By John Morales | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion, Personal Essay

Hand waving American flag. Credit: Paul Weaver (@paulweaver). Image accessed via Unsplash. Unsplash License.

Will Biden’s budget emphasize domestic investment and allies over military hardware?

By Laicie Heeley, Leo Blanken, Sylvia Mishra | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Plutonium pellet. US Energy Department public domain image via Wikimedia Commons.

For the NPT to work, plutonium has to go

By Victor Gilinsky, Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine.

Can vaccinated people transmit COVID-19? The answer will be key to ending the pandemic

By Eileen Choffnes | Opinion

Koch-funded climate denial at George Washington University must end now!

By Jasmine Banks, Sophia Halloran | Climate Change, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow