Golden Dome

Golden Dome in action

Space-based missile defense: Golden Dome or gold brick?

By Jeff Hecht | Analysis, Missile Defense

A large white radome sits atop a concrete base in a snowy landscape with clear blue sky and distant hills in the background.

Trump doesn’t need the Golden Dome in Greenland. He needs a stronger NATO

By Igor Moric | Nuclear Risk

Abstract digital artwork featuring colorful geometric shapes on the left and a stylized red-orange aircraft on the right, set against a purple background.

The 2025 nuclear year in review: Back to the Future Atomic Age

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Three military officers in uniform observe operations in a control room, focusing intently on screens and displays in front of them.

A house of mistakes: what Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ gets radically right—and dangerously wrong—about nuclear war

By Scott D. Sagan, Shreya Lad | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A National Security Strategy with no strategy for managing existential risks

By Alexandra Bell | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Three military officers in uniform observe operations in a control room, focusing intently on screens and displays in front of them.

What we should be talking about after watching Bigelow’s ‘A House of Dynamite’ nuclear thriller

By Mark Goodman | Nuclear Weapons

Golden Dome and arms control: impediment or opportunity?

By Pranay Vaddi, John K. Warden | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear expert Jon Wolfsthal on the costs of US nuclear weapons programs spiraling out of control

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

Dick Garwin: a polymath physicist, strategic thinker, and gifted communicator

By Herbert Lin | Nuclear Weapons, Personal Essay

US President Donald Trump listens to US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speak about the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office on May 20. (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

The 15-minute interview: Joe Cirincione on Golden Dome and the long-running US missile defense debacle

By John Mecklin | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Trump wants denuclearization but pursues a ‘Golden Dome’ of missile defense. Here’s why he can’t have both

By Celia McDowall, Ankit Panda | Nuclear Weapons

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