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The A1 Verse: Victory Day

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the military parade marking the end of World War II. May 9, 2022. Red Square, Moscow. Credit: Website of the President of Russia. CC BY 4.0.

On Victory Day, Putin points fingers but doesn’t escalate war

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Ukrainian refugees from 2022, crossing into Poland. Credit: Міністерство внутрішніх справ України. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

How to host a refugee, spot fake war images, say “welcome” in Ukrainian, and more

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Illia Ponomarenko, former defense reporter for the Kyiv Independent.

Illia Ponomarenko: Ukraine’s most-followed war journalist is a “dude” from Donbas

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

An artist's rendition of Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear posture. Photo credit: kremlin.ru, changes made, CC BY 3.0.

Will Putin go nuclear? A timeline of expert comments

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

President Slobodan Milosevic of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, President Alija Izetbegovic of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and President Franjo Tudjman of the Republic of Croatia initial the Dayton Peace Accords in December 1995. Photo Credit: US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Brian Schlumbohm via Wikimedia Commons

The United States has supported successful mediation in 11 vicious conflicts since 1990: Could Ukraine make it an even dozen?

By Stephen R. Weissman | Nuclear Risk

Alley of abandoned villages - 162 plaques with the names of permanently evacuated settlements during 1986-1991 after the Chernobyl accident. Credit: Margarita Kalinina-Pohl (2018).

Chernobyl is still changing: Four enduring stories and a recent one

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

Siegfried Hecker (second from right) visits the secret Russian nuclear city of Sarov in February 1992. Credit: screen grab from Stanford University "Doomed to Cooperate" video, available on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81ZpFLO4hmE&t=1s

Siegfried Hecker: Putin has destroyed the world nuclear order. How should the democracies respond?

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

In search of a new world order, Russia and China team up to push Ukraine propaganda

By Cynthia Hooper | Disruptive Technologies

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

Wheat. Credit: Rawpixel. CC0 1.0.

Global hunger crisis looms as war in Ukraine sends food prices soaring

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk