Iran

A group of men in white lab coats observe equipment inside a laboratory.

Dismantle, weaponize, or rebuild: Why the Iran nuclear threat isn’t going away

By Sina Azodi | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

People sit in a large, circular conference room, attending a meeting at the United Nations Security Council.

The next Iran strike: How legal, economic, and diplomatic pressures are priming the region for war

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Website interface of the prediction market platform Polymarket showing a geopolitical market regarding the US and Iran is seen displayed on a computer screen.

Insiders are betting on war: How prediction markets are becoming a national security threat

By David Szakonyi, Michelle Kendler-Kretsch, Michael Hornsby | Disruptive Technologies

Why hackers targeting America’s water systems have the upper hand

By Justin Sherman | Disruptive Technologies

Two men walk outside a white building past American and Saudi Arabian flags; one wears a suit and the other wears traditional Middle Eastern attire.

The US-Saudi nuclear deal isn’t dead—It’s dragging Washington into nonproliferation quicksand

By Sharon Squassoni | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Two men in formal attire sit side by side, smiling and clasping hands, in an ornately decorated room with gold accents and intricate designs visible in the background.

Trump administration signs a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia—and risks a Middle East arms race

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

Several delegates sit at desks with microphones and laptops in a conference room, listening and speaking during a formal meeting.

How the impasse over Iran sank the NPT Review Conference

By Mark Goodman | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A nuclear power plant with large cylindrical and rectangular structures, exposed platforms, and a smokestack under a partly cloudy sky.

Closing the loop on Bushehr’s plutonium problem

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Workers in protective suits handle large blue cylindrical containers, moving them on a rail-mounted platform inside an industrial facility.

Why do we keep ignoring the large quantity of plutonium at Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant?

By Gregory Jones | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons

Donald Trump's face is pictured next to a smartphone displaying one of his social media posts.

Why Trump’s nuclear blackmail of Iran failed spectacularly

By Jack Kennedy | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

wind farm in China, panoramic view

The clear winner of Trump’s war in the Middle East is… China, says new report

By Amy Hawkins | Analysis, Special Topics

Iranian flags wave in front of a nuclear power plant complex with a dome-shaped reactor building and a tall red-and-white smokestack in the background.

Beyond alarmism: A realistic assessment of Bushehr’s plutonium risk

By Sasan Karimi | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons