Biden will need to be prepared not only for North Korean provocations, but also for alliance challenges with South Korea.

When President Richard Nixon signed the act that created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970, he declared that the '70s would be the "environmental decade" and a wave of progress was ushered in. But before that era, things had looked grim for generations. Could history be repeating itself?

Unlike the tactical gear and military vehicles US police often employ, the tear gas being lobbed at the protestors who have been demonstrating against racism and police brutality isn’t allowed on actual battlefields. Some weapons researchers think the exception in the Chemical Weapons Convention that allows for law enforcement use of so-called riot control agents is a mistake.

Less than a month after the first-ever US-North Korea summit, news reports began emerging that Pyongyang is continuing to develop its nuclear program, just as it was doing before the June 12th meeting in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. This shouldn’t come as a surprise. While these reported activities violate UN Security Council … Continued

In the initial run-up to the Singapore summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, national security adviser John Bolton made the term “the Libya model” momentarily famous. In an interview with Fox News, Bolton said: “We have very much in mind the Libya model from 2003, 2004. There are obviously differences. … Continued

North Korea is making veiled conciliatory gestures to the South, but remains firmly committed to its nuclear weapons.

It is now two minutes to midnight 2018 Doomsday Clock StatementScience and Security Board Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Editor, John Mecklin From the President   |   Full Statement   |   Board Biographies   |   About the Bulletin   |   Clock Timeline  |    Download PDF version Statement from the President and CEO The year just past proved perilous … Continued

Is an anti-ballistic missile system a viable defense for Canada against incoming North Korean nukes—or just a pointless, expensive, big, beautiful “wall in the sky”?

Foreign Policy noted that even without a full-blown press corps present, President Trump’s secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, managed to make headlines during his stopover on the Korean peninsula. Standing a few feet from what is technically North Korean territory, Tillerson refused to rule out the nuclearization of America’s Asian allies to counter aggression from … Continued

As time ticks away on President Barack Obama's final term—and as Donald Trump prepares to assume the presidency—can Obama be said to have made adequate progress on his commitment, delivered in Prague in 2009, "to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons?" To be sure, his efforts toward disarmament have been … Continued

Many Americans are invested in corrosive lies and conspiratorial thinking that undermines democracy, ushering in an era of civic confusion, chaos, and coercion.

The decline of Russia–West relations has taken a toll on Russian nuclear policy think tanks. But a Biden administration can help revive them.

Three-way arms control talks between the United States, Russia, and China are unlikely to happen anytime soon. But what might the negotiators say?

Fact-checking websites now exist around the world. These organizations, some grassroots, others connected to larger media companies, have been helping to tamp down on the spread of coronavirus misinformation.

If the virus outbreak inhibits the nuclear watchdog’s ability to access Iranian nuclear sites, there could be long-lasting consequences.

Never since South Asia’s nuclearization has global politics been so uncertain, great power relations so fraught, and competing global priorities so distracting.

The crowd that knocked over barriers, beat back police and crashed through doors and windows at the US Capitol last January 6, may have numbered around 2,000, but a vast swath of America has its back, according to a new survey by Robert Pape, a political scientist at the University of Chicago, and his team.

Facebook says it is taking down Instagram posts supportive of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in order to comply with US sanctions on Iran. Some experts think the company is misinterpreting legal precedent.

Pick your metaphor: Slo-mo video of imminent car crash. Two cats circling, back fur up and claws ready. A tail vigorously wagging its growling dog (to distract from possible impeachment). Given recent events, any reasonable response to the current state of US-Iranian relations almost has to include a good measure of foreboding.