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AI back to back heads

Convergence: Artificial intelligence and the new and old weapons of mass destruction

By Emilia Javorsky, Hamza Chaudhry | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies

Airmen and riggers with the 1st Special Operations Squadron Logistics Readiness Squadron load a Rapid Dragon palletized weapon system aboard an MC-130J at Hurlburt Field, Florida in December 2021. (US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Esau.)

Rapid Dragon: the US military game-changer that could affect conventional and nuclear strategy and arms control negotiations

By George M. Moore | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Image of Arctic area taken aboard US aircraft en route to Europe 2014. Credit: Diana Marvin. Used with permission.

Reimagining the Open Skies Treaty: cooperative aerial monitoring

By Rose Gottemoeller, Diana Marvin | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Emmanuel Macron with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in August 2019

Avoiding the clash over the Iran arms embargo: How Europe can square the circle

By Ellie Geranmayeh | Nuclear Risk

Blurring the line between nuclear and nonnuclear weapons: Increasing the risk of accidental nuclear war?

By Pavel Podvig | Uncategorized

Is “zero” the right target for disarmament?: A Turkish response

By Sinan Ülgen | Uncategorized

Next customer, please: The risk in conventional arms sales along with nuclear energy deals

By Charles D. Ferguson | Uncategorized