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an illustration showing escalation as an explosion and de-escalation as a hand preventing a bomb from exploding

Escalating to de-escalate with nuclear weapons: Research shows it’s a particularly bad idea

By Daniel R. Post | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Voices of Tomorrow

National security journalist Fred Kaplan

Interview: Trump’s nuclear insecurities and other secrets from the author of “The Bomb”

By Dawn Stover | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons