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The guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee launches a Block V Tomahawk cruise missile, the weapon's newest variant, during a three day missile exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Sean Ianno)

Why the US fixation on increased nuclear capability won’t deter China but could lead to instability and nuclear war

By Andrew Facini | Nuclear Weapons

Interview: Emerging military technology expert Paul Scharre on global power dynamics in the AI age

By John Mecklin | Artificial Intelligence, Military Applications of AI

Bigger isn’t always better: Why the US fails to deter North Korea, despite nuclear superiority

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Weapons

Watching Ukraine, South Korea and Japan eye nuclear weapons. Here’s what the US should do.

By Sayuri Romei | Nuclear Weapons

The International Space Station

The prospects for United States–China space cooperation are limited

By Aaron Bateman | Disruptive Technologies

President Biden and VP Harris meeting with business leaders to discuss AI safety

How politics and business are driving the AI arms race with China

By Will Henshall | Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

China surveillance

The future of technology: Lessons from China—and the US

By Maya Wang, Frederike Kaltheuner, Amanda Klasing | Disruptive Technologies

President Biden, Prime Minister Albanese, and Prime Minister Sunak participate in a meeting at AUKUS.

What’s next for the AUKUS submarine deal?

By Noah C. Mayhew | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

How Chinese military aid to Russia could lead to a strategic reversal of nuclear forces

By Vladimir Marakhonov | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Three ways the US should respond to Russia’s suspension of New START

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Weapons

Delegation members from the UN Security Council's five permanent members (P5), from left to right: Philip Barton of Britain, Andrea Thompson of the United States, Nicolas Roche of France, Fu Cong of China, and Oleg Rozhkov of Russia, attend a panel discussion after the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) conference in Beijing in January 2019. Photo by Thomas Peter/AFP via Getty Images.

All START: a proposal for moving beyond US-Russia arms control

By Amy J. Nelson, Michael O’Hanlon | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Some countries plan to decentralize control of nuclear weapons in a crisis. Here’s why that’s dangerous.

By Giles David Arceneaux | Nuclear Weapons