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A test version of the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb to be deployed in Europe as part of a modernization program. Photo from a video by Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Griffith.

What the new posture review says—and does not say—about the future of nuclear weapons

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Less threats, more focus: What Biden needs to do to win an Iran nuclear deal

By Kimberly Peh, Soul Park | Nuclear Weapons

Will the EU diplomacy revive the Iran nuclear deal or keep spinning in a vacuum?

By Adérito Vicente | Nuclear Weapons

Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Stimson Center think tank, shows an aerial picture taken by the US military in the days after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The institution later gifted the photos to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Interview: Arms control expert Michael Krepon on a broader approach to keeping the nuclear peace

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A 2016 Great Prophet wargame in southeastern Iran. Credit: Hossein Zohrevand for Tasnim News Agency. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Iran nuclear deal negotiators must act with urgency, given Iranian and Israeli nuclear brinkmanship

By Gawdat Bahgat | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, Uncategorized

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License.

The 2021 nuclear year in review—with five enduring stories

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Two steps to revive—and sustain—the Iran nuclear deal

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Iranian President Rouhani visiting the exhibition of nuclear achievements. Credit: Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. https://president.ir/en/120598

Preventing an accidental nuclear crisis in Iran and beyond

By Samuel M. Hickey | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Nuclear power won’t fix Iraq’s energy crisis

By Nils Holst | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Voices of Tomorrow

Arak IR-40 heavy water reactor, Iran. Credit: Nanking2012. CC BY-SA 3.0 Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How Iran’s research reactors prove the nuclear deal is still working

By Samuel M. Hickey | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Rescue and clean-up crews search for casualties following the barracks bombing in Beirut on October 23, 1983. If negotiators hope to revive the Iran nuclear deal, they must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgments by US victims of terrorism against Iran. Photo credit: United States Marine Corps. Public domain image.

US courts say Iran owes terrorism victims billions. That’s an obstacle to a new Iran nuclear deal.

By Christopher A. Bidwell | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Iranian President Rouhani in April visiting the exhibition of nuclear achievements. Credit: Official website of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. https://president.ir/en/120598.

Iran’s uranium gambit is a dangerous negotiating tactic

By Naysan Rafati | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion