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2024 presidential election

Vector illustration of Trump silhouette against missile pattern background

What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Risk

Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more 

By | Biosecurity

Mural artwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2016. Photo by Cebas1

After Trump’s victory, a divided Europe braces for its security without the United States

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Experts: How RFK Jr. could undermine support for vaccines if Trump wins

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

An existential timeline of the Trump/Pence and Biden/Harris presidencies

By Thomas Gaulkin, François Diaz-Maurin, Jessica McKenzie, Sara Goudarzi, Matt Field | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia, Nuclear Risk

Question for the candidates: How will you reassure allies worried about the credibility of the US security guarantees?

By Sara Bjerg Moller | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: Will the United States sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons?

By Alicia Sanders-Zakre | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What is your plan to prevent the next dangerous and expensive nuclear arms race?

By Laura Grego | Nuclear Weapons

The experts comment: Key nuclear questions that the US presidential candidates should answer

By François Diaz-Maurin, John Mecklin | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: Has Russia’s war in Ukraine changed your view of the role of nuclear weapons?

By Siegfried S. Hecker | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What will you do if Iran gets the bomb?

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Weapons

Question for the candidates: What will you do to avoid a nuclear arms race with Russia and China?

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons