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Assessing the impact of Mikhail Gorbachev’s leadership on his country and the world

By Graham Allison | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House on December 8, 1987.

President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev signing the INF Treaty in the East Room of the White House on December 8, 1987.

Mikhail Gorbachev, in his words and the words of others

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Stimson Center think tank, shows an aerial picture taken by the US military in the days after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The institution later gifted the photos to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Michael Krepon, co-founder of the Stimson Center think tank, shows an aerial picture taken by the US military in the days after the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The institution later gifted the photos to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

Michael Krepon and the gift of meaningful work

By Jeffrey Lewis | Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (top right) reflected on her role as the United States’ first female ambassador to the UN and her legacy as a women’s rights champion during a 2020 conversation with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (bottom) and Ambassador Melanne Verveer hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (top right) reflected on her role as the United States’ first female ambassador to the UN and her legacy as a women’s rights champion during a 2020 conversation with former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (bottom) and Ambassador Melanne Verveer hosted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Remembering Madeleine Albright

By Melanne Verveer | Personal Essay

Maj. Gen. William F. Burns at the United States Army War College. Photo provided by the family and used with permission.

Maj. Gen. William F. Burns at the United States Army War College. Photo provided by the family and used with permission.

William Burns, behind-the-scenes advisor in US-Soviet nuclear talks, dies at 88

By Lawrence J. Korb, Arnold S. Kohen | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

WASHINGTON, DC -- UNDATED: Secretary of State George P. Shultz (L) and Vice President George H.W. Bush at an event in Washington, DC, circa 1983. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC -- UNDATED: Secretary of State George P. Shultz (L) and Vice President George H.W. Bush at an event in Washington, DC, circa 1983. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)

Remembering George Shultz: an interview with a key figure in ending the Cold War

By John Mecklin | Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons

Mario Molina receives the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/WireImage)

Mario Molina receives the 2013 Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/WireImage)

Mario Molina: An appreciation from a colleague

By Durwood J. Zaelke | Climate Change, Special Topics

Bruce Blair at the 2010 Global Zero Summit in Paris.

Bruce Blair at the 2010 Global Zero Summit in Paris.

Bruce Blair: Challenging the accidental nuclear war machine at every turn

By Jessica Sleight, Zia Mian, Frank von Hippel | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Julian Perry Robinson

Julian Perry Robinson

Julian Perry Robinson, top chemical and biological arms control expert, dies of coronavirus

By Nicholas A. Sims | Biosecurity

Janne Nolan

Janne Nolan: from “fellowette” to godmother of the D.C. nuclear policy community

By Anne I. Harrington | Analysis, Nuclear Risk