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North Korea

The 2022 nuclear year in review: A global nuclear order in shambles

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

As North Korea readies for a nuclear test, does it have a new doctrine?

By Hyun-Binn Cho, Ariel Petrovics | 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

Poll: Americans, Japanese, and South Koreans don’t support using nuclear weapons against North Korea

By David M. Allison, Stephen Herzog | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

North Korean ICBM on parade

Nuclear Notebook: How many nuclear weapons does North Korea have in 2022?

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

North Korea claims to have defeated COVID. Experts wonder what’s really going on

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

To sanction North Korea, sanction those that won’t—Russia and China

By Aaron Arnold | Nuclear Weapons

bitcoin crash on screen of cryptocurrency exchange

Stolen billions from errant mouse clicks: Crypto requires new approaches to attack money-laundering

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

Making sense of North Korea’s recent ICBM and (possible) nuclear tests

By Seiyeon Ji, Victor Cha | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

North Korea’s state television released a propaganda video about its recent missile launch featuring Kim Jong Un. Screenshot accessed via Korea Now, the official YouTube Channel of the Yonhap News Agency, from the embedded video below. Yonhap is funded in whole or in part by the Korean government.

North Korea tests a banned missile—and glamorizes nuclear weapons

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

US and Aussie submarines

Introduction: Can the United States and China co-exist in the 21st century? Will they?

By John Mecklin | Opinion, Special Topics

jet planes in flight

Sure, deter China—but manage risk with North Korea, too

By Ankit Panda | Analysis