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Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system with two 9M723K5 missiles, at a Russian demonstration of military technology in 2017. The Iskander system is reported to be capable of firing ballistic missiles that can carry a tactical nuclear warhead. Photo by Vitaly Kuzmin

As tensions mount on Ukraine’s borders, it’s time to understand what led to the INF Treaty’s demise

By Aaron J. Berliner, Jake Hecla, Michael Bondin, Austin Mullen, Elena Osorio Camacena, Alex Droster, Dinara Ermakova, Tyler Scott Nagel, Nicole L. Nappi, Katherine J. Oosterbaan, Sarah R. Stevenson, Chelsea D. Willett, Eric F. Matthews, Manseok Lee, Karl van Bibber, Michael Nacht | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

images illustrating war in space

A China-US war in space: The after-action report

By Henry Sokolski | Disruptive Technologies

view of Earth from space on shortest day of year

Why the final frontier should not become the final battleground

By John Mecklin | Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: Not very fine and not very mine

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Special Topics

Joe Biden in 2012, when he was vice president, raises a toast in honor of Chinese President Xi at a State Luncheon at the State Department. Credit: US Department of State. Accessed via Flickr.

How Biden can improve European relations while pivoting to Asia

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

DF-41 ICBM launchers at parade in Beijing in September 2020. The DF-41 is now operational in at least two brigades. Source: Chinese Ministry of Defense

Nuclear Notebook: Chinese nuclear forces, 2021

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: www.kremlin.ru. via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0. Cropped.

China’s silence on nuclear arms buildup fuels speculation on motives

By Tong Zhao | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

xi Jinping china

The A1 Verse: Xi is risen

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

The A1 Verse: Opposites attract

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Satellite images show hundreds of missile missile silos under construction under inflatable domes at three missile fields and a training area in north-central China. Satellite images © 2021 Maxar Technologies and © 2021 Planet Labs, Inc. All rights reserved. For media licensing options, please contact fas@fas.org

China’s nuclear missile silo expansion: From minimum deterrence to medium deterrence

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao LIjian.

After the lab-leak theory, US-Chinese relations head downhill

By Yanzhong Huang | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

CDC director Robert Redfield CNN coronavirus interview Sanjay Gupta

Did former CDC director offer a ham sandwich theory of COVID-19? Maybe. Maybe not.

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity