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Bounty flyer offering $25 million for information about al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Photo credit: US State Department

Why al-Zawahiri’s death should focus attention on nuclear terrorism—foreign and domestic

By Scott Roecker, Nickolas Roth | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A scene from a Ventura County, California public service video on preparing for and responding to a nuclear terrorism event.

Twenty years after 9/11, terrorists could still go nuclear

By Matthew Bunn | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Masked policemen are seen on the grounds of the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, after five Tajiks suspected to be members of an IS terror cell were arrested. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP via Getty Images.)

How to keep nuclear power plants operating safely during the coronavirus pandemic

By William Tobey, Simon Saradzhyan, Nickolas Roth | Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The 2010 nuclear security summit in Washington, DC.

Would terrorists set off a nuclear weapon if they had one? We shouldn’t assume so

By Christopher McIntosh, Ian Storey | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Laurie Garrett: Reporting on biosecurity from America to Zaire

By | Interviews

The Black Sea: Center of the nuclear black market

By Maj. Gen. Bruce Lawlor | Uncategorized