As Donald Trump is sworn in to take the office of President of the United States, The Guardian newspaper asked a variety of experts on climate what advice they would give him, in the space of two or three sentences. Interestingly, they all seemed to tie fighting climate change to backing the United States in … Continued

A new study highlights weak public support not only for many of Donald Trump’s nuclear policies, but also for some longstanding pillars of US nuclear posture. The results also point to some low-hanging fruit for policies that would receive broad public support.

So the administration says it has its sights on Huawei because its equipment poses a national security threat. Joy Dantong Ma, a China expert at the Paulson Institute, a think tank focused on the US-China relationship, told the Bulletin there may be other reasons for the moves against Huawei.

What 27 years of nuclear diplomacy on the Korean peninsula tells us.

A “Eurodeterrent” that would rely largely on French nuclear weapons and German funding might be the best way for Europe to take charge of its own security and defense in the face of Russian threats and American waffling.

The global, long-term warming trend is unambiguous.

Like so much that involves Trump, there’s plenty of material to choose from.

Donald Trump has threatened to cut off US funding for international climate finance programs. What would a US exit from climate finance mean for mitigation and adaptation efforts in the developing world?

Some experts worry about what Donald Trump's embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist with a famous name, could signal for the future of federal vaccination policy should Trump win.

The race for a coronavirus vaccine is on. Russia and China have both announced they have vaccines. Some experts think President Donald Trump's administration may try to roll out a vaccine prematurely, before it's been fully tested.

In a squat, low-slung building in St. Petersburg, Russia, the staff of the Internet Research Agency, a Russian-government associated organization, crafted a doozy of a marketing campaign, one replete with a complex ecosystem of fake social media accounts, links to legitimate websites, and perhaps even a “think tank-style” publication. The goal was much grander than … Continued

The name-calling may sound like fun and games, but there's no backing down in the North Korean rule book

Scientists are so alarmed that decades of their crucial climate measurements could vanish under a hostile Trump administration that they have begun copying reams of government data onto independent servers abroad in hopes of safeguarding it from political interference, says The Washington Post. Their efforts include an upcoming “guerrilla archiving” event in Toronto this Saturday, December 17, … Continued

Because it openly declares that domestic nuclear supplies are a national security priority, the new Trump administration nuclear power plan undermines decades of American nuclear nonproliferation efforts. Instead of protecting US national security, the plan would endanger it.

In a bold act of defiance, North Korea fired a rocket that flew higher—and for a longer duration—than the last two launches of the previous iteration of this unarmed missile. (In the previous tests of July 4 and July 28, the missiles flew for 37 minutes and 47 minutes, respectively.) To put these numbers into perspective, David Wright, a … Continued

Amid defending his administration's response to the coronavirus outbreak, President Donald Trump found time to trash his political opponents and predict victory in November's election.

President Trump's tweet about Yucca Mountain suggested the White House is abandoning the nation's proposed deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste. Here's why his "innovative approaches" are not likely to succeed.

Risk experts identify the five biggest threats to the world—but the presidential candidates are focused on smaller issues.

The emergence of Kamala Harris as the Democrat's nominee has shifted the race for the presidency. Will her first debate with Donald Trump change how either candidate talks about global dangers?