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NATO

Even in the face of Russian aggression, a nuclear ‘Eurodeterrent’ is still a bad idea

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Weapons

This screen shot from a US Defense Department video clip shows a Russian Su-27 fighter jet flying near an American Reaper drone in March, over the Black Sea near Crimea, spraying what the Defense Department says is jet fuel.

Putin’s “bluff”: a cautionary note about underestimating the possibility of nuclear escalation in Ukraine

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The NPT Preparatory Committee begins meeting on July 22 at the Vienna International Centre.

Bombs away: Confronting the deployment of nuclear weapons in non-nuclear weapon countries

By Moritz Kütt, Pavel Podvig, Zia Mian | Nuclear Weapons

Wargame shows attacks on reactors would cause meltdowns and military paralysis

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

How the United States and NATO can deal with Russian nuclear coercion in Ukraine

By Alexander Vershbow | Nuclear Weapons

We know where Russian nuclear-capable aircraft will be hosted in Belarus. What’s next?

By Matt Korda, Eliana Johns | Nuclear Weapons

Russia is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus. NATO shouldn’t take the bait

By Nikolai N. Sokov | Nuclear Weapons

Russia suspends New START and is ready to resume nuclear testing

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

Ending the war while ensuring Russia does not gain territory via nuclear coercion

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Risk

If Finland joins NATO, it needs a new nuclear weapons policy

By Robin Forsberg, Aku Kähkönen, Jason Moyer | Nuclear Weapons

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