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President Joe Biden is joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, Office of Management and Budget acting Director Shalanda Young and congressional leaders as he signs the “Consolidated Appropriations Act" on March 15, 2022. The act will fund the federal government through September 2022 and provide more than $780 billion for the US military. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Are US threat assessments outpacing the military threats America actually faces?

By Joe Cirincione | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

To sanction North Korea, sanction those that won’t—Russia and China

By Aaron Arnold | Nuclear Weapons

Then-US President Barack Obama and then-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issue a joint statement announcing their pursuit of a New START treaty in London in April 2009. (White House photo by Pete Souza.)

Reviving arms control, post-Ukraine: Why New START still matters

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons

Brazil wants special treatment for its nuclear submarine program—just like Australia

By Ian J. Stewart | Nuclear Risk

Images of detainees from the Xinjiang Police Files. Credit: Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Trove of leaked photos reveals China’s abuses in Uyghur detention camps

By Susan D’Agostino | Cyber Security, Disruptive Technologies

Essays: Why the Marshall Islands’ nuclear history still matters today

By Rose Gottemoeller, Sally Clark | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

A current security imperative: the US role in the Marshall Islands

By Rose Gottemoeller | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

In search of a new world order, Russia and China team up to push Ukraine propaganda

By Cynthia Hooper | Disruptive Technologies

Could China’s “hot-swappable” missile system start an accidental nuclear war?

By Sky Lo | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

US and Aussie submarines

Introduction: Can the United States and China co-exist in the 21st century? Will they?

By John Mecklin | Opinion, Special Topics

ancient Greek warriors on vase

Interview with Graham Allison: Are the United States and China charging into Thucydides’s trap?

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Opinion, Special Topics

submarine leaving Hawaii

One if by invasion, two if by coercion: US military capacity to protect Taiwan from China

By Owen R. Cote | Analysis