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US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) pose for press ahead of the US-Russia summit at the Villa La Grange, in Geneva on June 16, 2021. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

The day after the Ukraine war

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard arrives back at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland following a patrol. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License version 1.0.

The British public wants NATO to renounce the first use of nuclear weapons

By Peter Jenkins | Nuclear Weapons

In the first US “salvo” test of ground-based missile interceptors, two interceptors were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on March 25, 2019. They successfully intercepted a “threat-representative” ICBM target launched from a test site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. This photo shows the launch of the “lead” interceptor, which destroyed the missile’s reentry vehicle. The “trail” interceptor struck the remaining “most lethal object” it could find. Credit: Missile Defense Agency

Bilateral strategic stability: What the United States should discuss with Russia. And China.

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Weapons

Narendra Modi and Xi Jinping

India–China border dispute: the curious incident of a nuclear dog that didn’t bark

By Ramesh Thakur, Manpreet Sethi | Nuclear Weapons

No first use, bill, senate, congress, Elisabeth warren

What the Democratic frontrunners think about hitting first with nuclear weapons

By Thomas Gaulkin | Multimedia, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear launch console.

Hot-button campaign issue: 2020 Democrats disagree on nuclear launch authority

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The overwhelming case for no first use

By John P. Holdren | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

James N. Miller

No to no first use—for now

By James N. Miller | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture

By Bruce G. Blair | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

James N. Miller

No to no first use—for now

By James N. Miller

The overwhelming case for no first use

By John P. Holdren

Loose cannons: The president and US nuclear posture

By Bruce G. Blair