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nuclear deterrence

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

By Seiyeon Ji, Victor Cha | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A wind farm off the coast of Sweden, aerial photograph

An energetic exchange on the costs of decarbonizing Europe

By Amory B. Lovins, Robert Rosner, Sabrina Fields | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

Rebuttal: Current nuclear weapons policy not safe or sane

By Stewart Prager, Alan Kaptanoglu | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

jet planes in flight

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

By Ankit Panda | Analysis

President Reagan says goodbye to Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev after the last meeting at Hofdi House Reykjavik Iceland in October 1986

The rise and demise of arms control

By Michael Krepon | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An existential discussion: What is the probability of nuclear war?

By Martin E. Hellman, Vinton G. Cerf | Nuclear Risk

US President Ronald Reagan visits the Soviet Union in the waning days of the Cold War.

1992: Keep peace by pooling armies

By Randall Forsberg | Nuclear Risk

Pope Francis in Hiroshima in November 2019.

A message from Hiroshima on the reality of the atomic bombing

By Hidehiko Yuzaki | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

Seven candidates for UK parliament, 2019.

UK parliamentary debates: Some Brits throw nuclear deterrence under the coach

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The inhumanity of nuclear deterrence

By James E. Doyle | Nuclear Weapons

The USS Alabama, a US ballistic submarine. Credit: US Navy via Wikimedia Commons.

Invisible nuclear-armed submarines, or transparent oceans? Are ballistic missile submarines still the best deterrent for the United States?

By Owen R. Cote | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Nonstrategic nuclear weapons in Russia’s evolving military doctrine

By Katarzyna Zysk | Uncategorized