nuclear weapons

People walking in Bucharest, Romania. Credit: Jake Stimpson. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Poll: Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling is rattling neighbors’ nerves

By Lauren Sukin, Alexander Lanoszka | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Working trip of the President of Ukraine to the Kyiv region. Creid: Official Website of the president of Ukraine. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

Russia committed war crimes. But are they genocide?

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

P5 Press Conference at the United Nations. April 2013. Credit: U.S. Mission Geneva / Eric Bridiers. Accessed via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/us-mission/8663813428 CC BY-ND 2.0.

Nuclear arms control: Still necessary, but more difficult than ever

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Analysis, Opinion

The science says that children experience better mental health outcomes when their caregivers talk with them about difficult subjects, including war and nuclear threats. Credit: Ben Wicks. Unsplash license. https://unsplash.com/photos/iDCtsz-INHI

How to talk to your kids about the war in Ukraine

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Why—and how—the world should condemn Putin for waving the nuclear saber

By Pavel Podvig | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

BrahMos Missile. India accidentally fired a cruise missile into Pakistan on March 9, 2022. Credit: Mubeenk02 Accessed via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Not much happened after India’s accidental cruise missile launch into Pakistan—this time.

By Debak Das | 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

Russian troops undergo training

Russia’s non-proliferation disinformation campaign

By Abigail Stowe-Thurston | Chemical Weapons

Dolphin. Credit: טל שמע. CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

How dolphins protect the US nuclear arsenal

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Tacit rules to avoid a NATO-Russia war

By Steven Pifer | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Read the fine print: Russia’s nuclear weapon use policy

By David Holloway | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

IAEA inspectors in Iraq

Trust but verify: How to get there by using next-generation nuclear verification and warhead dismantlement techniques

By Samuel M. Hickey | Analysis