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Putin and Trump shake hands at APEC meeting in Vietnam in November 2017

An extremely rude question about President Trump

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Sing it in Helsinki

By Bulletin Staff | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Trumping The Manchurian Candidate. Again.

By Beverly Gray | Analysis, Book Review, Special Topics

Three strikes means Bolton should be out

By Alexandra Bell, James McKeon | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

The dangerousness of John Bolton

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics, What We’re Reading

On Hawking’s death, an emerging US expert gains international notice

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics, What We’re Reading

Power cable distribution energy grid

The Guardian view on fusion: A moment of truth

By Dan Drollette Jr | Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy, Special Topics, What We’re Reading

Stephen Hawking: A physicist’s appreciation

By Daniel Holz | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

8 of the 9 top jobs at the State Department will sit empty

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics, What We’re Reading

Day Zero: Lessons from Cape Town’s crisis

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, Special Topics

ITER is a showcase … for the drawbacks of fusion energy

By Daniel Jassby | Analysis, Fusion Energy, Nuclear Energy, Special Topics

Trump’s infrastructure plan may ignore climate change. It could be costly.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics, What We’re Reading