New special issue: Russia after Putin

NATO

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

Vladimir Putin

After Putin – What?

By Vladislav Zubok | Special Topics

Russian honor guard

Introduction—Russia: What to expect next?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Putin at 20-foot long table with Macron

Distressing a system in distress: Global nuclear order and Russia’s war against Ukraine

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons

Germany’s nuclear weapons policy and the war: Money for nukes, words for disarmament

By Moritz Kütt | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A launch of the Russian Iskander-M, which can carry a tactical nuclear warhead, at the Kapustin Yar proving ground in March 2018. Photo credit: the websites (mil.ru, минобороны.рф) of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Rhetoric in Ukraine has reinforced the fallacy of limited nuclear exchange

By John Gower, Andrew Weber | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Pushing back against Putin’s threat of nuclear use in Ukraine

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

NPT Review Conference: Will it rise to the proliferation challenges?

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

Sweden's Supreme Commander Micael Bydén commented on the decision to apply for Swedish NATO membership at a May press conference. Photo credit: Henrik Lundqvist Rådmark/Swedish Armed Forces

As Sweden gets ready for NATO, will its approach to nuclear weapons change?

By Jens Petersson | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Ending the war in Ukraine: practical, if painful, possibilities

By Edward M. Ifft | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

anti-war signs on Russian Embassy in London

Building a nuclear off-ramp following the war in Ukraine

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons

Russia-Belarus nuclear sharing would mirror NATO’s—and worsen Europe’s security

By Nikolai N. Sokov | Nuclear Weapons