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Russian President Vladmir Putin. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Credit: www.kremlin.ru, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported.

Biden threatened harsh sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine. Putin may not be deterred.

By David Cortright | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

COVID-19 vaccination in Moscow.

Many Russians won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19. A dog catcher explains why

By Xenia Cherkaev | Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

What strategic stability? How to fix the concept for US-Russia relations

By Mikhail Troitskiy | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Smolny College Commencement, 2019. Smolny College—the first liberal arts program in Russia—was founded as a dual-degree program between Bard College in the United States and St. Petersburg University in Russia. Last month, the Russian State Prosecutor’s Office labeled Bard College “undesirable,” which criminalized Bard’s decades-long partnership with St. Petersburg University. Photo credit: Bard College. Used with permission.

Why scientists should respond to Russia’s criminalizing of a US educational exchange

By Susan D’Agostino | Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

After Geneva: Will Self-Interest Suffice?

By Walter C. Clemens Jr. | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

What role will America’s European allies play after the Biden-Putin summit?

By Ivanka Barzashka | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Next step in arms control: Putin must be pragmatic

By John Erath | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Biden and Putin signaled an openness for substantive talk

By Robert Rosner | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Biden in Geneva: Strategic stability is a conduit for arms control

By Sharon Squassoni | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

The Biden-Putin summit from the eyes of a Geneva local

By Pavel Podvig | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Biden to Putin in Geneva: There’s a new sheriff in town.

By Steven E. Miller | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Experts weigh in on the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva

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