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The United States needs to cut military spending and shift money to two pressing threats: pandemics and climate change

By Mandy Smithberger | Nuclear Risk

Sen. Jim Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma and ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks during a hearing in March on the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2022 and the Future Years Defense Program. Photographer: Andrew Harnik/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Interview: Diane Randall, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation, discusses restraining the US defense budget

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Missile Defense, Nuclear Weapons

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How to reduce both nuclear and pandemic threats after COVID-19

By James E. Doyle | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

Why do so many Pentagon projects go so far over budget? The Jetsons explain.

By Wendy J. Jordan | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

The third offset strategy: A misleading slogan

By Carly Evans | Nuclear Weapons