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Opinion

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un shake hands

The US must trade muscles for diplomacy to end the North Korean nuclear crisis

By Colleen Moore | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

South Korean President Yoon aiming a large gun

Nuclear weapons gaffe in South Korea is a warning to leaders everywhere

By Janani Mohan | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Keeping humans in the loop is not enough to make AI safe for nuclear weapons

By Peter Rautenbach | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Psychological reflections on the tragic dynamics of war

By Charles B. Strozier | Opinion

The ban treaty, two years after: A ray of hope for nuclear disarmament

By Alexander Kmentt | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

ICBM test launch

The Christmas carol and the Cuban Missile Crisis

By Reba A. Wissner | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

What “longtermism” gets wrong about climate change

By Émile P. Torres | Climate Change, Opinion

Docked USS Nautilus nuclear-powered submarine at ship museum

AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines: Let’s all just take a breath

By Noah C. Mayhew | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

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Introduction—Russia: What to expect next?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

destroyed buildings in ukraine, two workers and a truck in foreground

A Green Deal for post-war Ukraine

By Anna Ackerman, Nataliya Andrusevych, Oleh Savyskyi | Climate Change, Opinion

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The precedent the world—and Russia—has rejected

By Nina Tannenwald, David Holloway | Opinion

World leaders at 2011 ceremony to launch Nord Stream gas pipeline

Winter is coming: Europe’s huge geopolitical blunder on Russian energy

By Michal Wyrebkowski, Wiktor Babinski | Nuclear Energy, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow