Russia

Russian military pilot in 2016. Credit: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации. License CC BY 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia threatened a “military-technical” response for unmet demands. What could that mean?

By Pavel Podvig | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

color-enhance image from space

The complicating role of the private sector in space

By Victoria Samson | Disruptive Technologies

view of Earth from space on shortest day of year

Why the final frontier should not become the final battleground

By John Mecklin | Disruptive Technologies

The A1 Verse: How many the fictitious shores

By Thomas Gaulkin | Special Topics

Nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard. Photo: CPOA(Phot) Tam McDonald/MOD accessed via Wikimedia Commons. Open Government License.

The 2021 nuclear year in review—with five enduring stories

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

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. Written and illustrated by Eugene Yelchin. 208 pages. Candlewick Press. Ages 10 and up.

The Genius Under the Table: A poignant children’s book set in the Cold War

By Susan D’Agostino | Book Review, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion, What We’re Reading

2018 Moscow Victory Day Parade. Credit: Website of the President of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Accessed via Wikimedia Commons.

In Ukraine, Putin tries his hand at nuclear blackmail. Here are seven ways to thwart him.

By John Erath | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Russian soldiers. Russian Federation. Credit: Jesse. Accessed via Flickr. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Is Russia preparing for war?

By Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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