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Islamic State

Video: Terrorists are using consumer drones—and it’s getting harder to stop them

By Erik English | Disruptive Technologies, Multimedia

A scene from a Ventura County, California public service video on preparing for and responding to a nuclear terrorism event.

Twenty years after 9/11, terrorists could still go nuclear

By Matthew Bunn | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Masked policemen are seen on the grounds of the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany, after five Tajiks suspected to be members of an IS terror cell were arrested. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP via Getty Images.)

How to keep nuclear power plants operating safely during the coronavirus pandemic

By William Tobey, Simon Saradzhyan, Nickolas Roth | Cyber Security, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Can NATO evolve into a climate alliance treaty organization in the Middle East?

By Amar Causevic, Ibrahim Al-Marashi | Climate Change

The 2010 nuclear security summit in Washington, DC.

Would terrorists set off a nuclear weapon if they had one? We shouldn’t assume so

By Christopher McIntosh, Ian Storey | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

The Syrian city of Aleppo depicted in the midst of a still ongoing civil war. Credit: British Foreign and Commonwealth Office / Basma CC BY-ND 2.0

Rare interview with captured scientist raises alarm over Islamic State chemical weapons program

By Matt Field | Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

The paradox of dominance: The age of civilizational conflict

By B. R. Allenby | Uncategorized