The White House boosted the prospects of mining companies by declaring uranium “critical” to US economic and national security.

The Western press has often treated the Russian claim that US missile defense installations have an offensive capability as rhetorical obfuscation. But publicly available information makes it clear that the US Aegis-based systems in Eastern Europe, if equipped with cruise missiles, would indeed violate the INF.

To help quench your existential thirst as sunny days and outdoor activities beckon, here’s a guide to some of the doomiest beers and other drinks to come across our radar screen.

Just before Thanksgiving, U.S. Representative Sean Casten (IL-06) entered the name of longtime friend-of-the-Bulletin, Dr. Dieter M. Gruen, into the Congressional Record by nominating him for the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The nomination took place on November 21st, Dr. Gruen’s 97th birthday. “At 97, Dr. Gruen still sees the world as a place of vast … Continued

Fiona Hill, just started as the White House's top Russia expert. Her writings on Putin suggests what to expect.

To end a neverending cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas, the federal agency is overhauling its rules.

The current crisis in Ukraine has made updating nuclear weapons treaties essentially impossible. At the same time, the crisis appears to question the nuclear taboo.

An atomic bomb does vastly more damage than a chemical weapon. Why won't leaders who condemn the latter also condemn the former?

It's easy to think of the pursuit of artificial intelligence in terms of an arms race. Asked about the importance of AI, Rick Perry almost immediately went on a riff about the significance of a Manhattan Project-era effort to produce plutonium for the atomic bomb.

A Facebook whistleblower told Congress the company harms kids and democratic governance.

For the latest installment of the Bulletin’s video series that casts a wry eye on wrongheaded policy, we watched some of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's most flabbergasting statements to the Arctic Council with Oxford climate scientist Ray Pierrehumbert.

When officials charged with protecting the public act based on politics rather than science, they undermine trust and endanger citizens. 

With its latest missile test, China displays a growing confidence in its nuclear arsenal. It also offers an opportunity for nuclear talks with the United States.

Maybe we should call it “Climate Justice Day” instead?

The United States has failed to develop a safe and timely program for managing growing inventory of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. A consent-based approach, in which communities with adequate knowledge of risks, benefits, and technical requirements could volunteer as hosts, offers a way to overcome the stalemate that has defined the US program for decades.

Iran's growing confidence and Israel's perceived threats create fertile ground for a potential direct confrontation, in which the nuclear issue would be central. It's time to change course.