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A large, black military submarine is partially submerged and moving through calm waters under a cloudy sky.

Indian nuclear weapons, 2026

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight-Boyle | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Several people in business attire walk toward a large bronze spherical sculpture in a modern courtyard surrounded by glass buildings and trees.

AI for peace: In Rome, Nobel laureates call for disarming AI and nuclear weapons

By François Diaz-Maurin, John Mecklin | Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A submarine-launched missile emerges vertically from the ocean, creating a large splash and plume of water and vapor.

Chinese nuclear weapons, 2026

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight-Boyle | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

Hiroshima 2 hours after bomb dropped

The Manhattan Project first created the Bomb. Then came its story—as revealed in the documentary “Bombshell”

By Dan Drollette Jr | Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

VIP observers of H-bomb test

How the movies (and the rest of the media) made me into an anti-nuclear weapons campaigner

By Helen Caldicott | Magazine, Opinion, Personal Essay

Two men in suits greet each other on a red carpet at an airport, with an airplane and several people standing in the background.

After New START: Why new formats of strategic arms control need a common view

By Alexey Arbatov, Konstantin Bogdanov | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

A rocket launches into a blue sky, leaving behind a trail of smoke and dust. A red and white launch tower stands on the left.

Russian nuclear weapons, 2026

By Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight-Boyle | Analysis, Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapons

atomic bomb of Little Boy design

The past and future of deterrence is arms control

By Andrew Facini | Analysis, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons

white doves in flight against background of blue sky

Introduction: Arms control is dead. Long live arms control

By John Mecklin | Magazine, Nuclear Weapons

St Basil Cathedral, Red Square, Moscow, Russia

The view from Moscow: The future of nuclear arms control exists, but the path is hard

By Dmitry Stefanovich | Analysis, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons

world's oldest treaty

Arms control, risk reduction, and the art of the possible

By Jack Kennedy | Analysis, Magazine, Nuclear Weapons

Satellite view of the Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center and tunnel entrances.

Will Trump nuke Iran?

By Pervez Hoodbhoy | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion