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Nuclear Notebook: French nuclear weapons, 2023

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

Toulouse-Castre road

French activists protest climate crisis with fire

By Damien Gayle | Climate Change

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

French soldiers cooking in the Algerian Sahara in 1961.

A new window into France’s nuclear history

By Austin R. Cooper | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

French nuclear power reactors in India: Are they worth the wait (and cost)?

By Urvashi Sarkar | Nuclear Energy

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

The Australian submarine agreement: Turning nuclear cooperation upside down

By Ian J. Stewart | Nuclear Risk

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License version 1.0.

The new Australia, UK, and US nuclear submarine announcement: a terrible decision for the nonproliferation regime

By Sébastien Philippe | Nuclear Risk

The French aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle. Credit: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons.

French nuclear forces, 2019

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

Worldwide deployments of nuclear weapons, 2017

By Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris | Nuclear Notebook

The Lavon Affair: How a false-flag operation led to war and the Israeli bomb

By Leonard Weiss | Uncategorized

Nonstrategic nuclear weapons, 2012

By Hans M. Kristensen, Robert S. Norris | Nuclear Notebook