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Russia

Vladimir Putin

After Putin – What?

By Vladislav Zubok | Special Topics

St Basil's cathedral, Red Square, Moscow

What do ordinary Russians think? Interview with a Russian independent reporter

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

Russian honor guard

Introduction—Russia: What to expect next?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Opinion, Special Topics, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

Lake Como

Sanctioning Russia’s oligarchs—with shame

By Brooke Harrington | Special Topics

night-time test launch of Minuteman ICBM with silhouettes of crowd

Nuclear Notebook: The long view—Strategic arms control after the New START Treaty

By Jessica Rogers, Matt Korda, Hans M. Kristensen | Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Putin at 20-foot long table with Macron

Distressing a system in distress: Global nuclear order and Russia’s war against Ukraine

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons

The new US nuclear posture review is a major step backward

By Lisbeth Gronlund | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Biden’s nuclear posture review maintains nuclear status quo

By Emma Claire Foley | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A failure to review America’s nuclear posture

By Joe Cirincione | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Russian actions at Zaporizhzhia show need for better legal protections of nuclear installations

By Luis Rodriguez, Lauren Sukin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

chalkboard drawing cartoon bomb

Russia says Ukraine is preparing a “dirty bomb.” Is it true, and what does it mean?

By François Diaz-Maurin, Dan Drollette Jr | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A launch of the Russian Iskander-M, which can carry a tactical nuclear warhead, at the Kapustin Yar proving ground in March 2018. Photo credit: the websites (mil.ru, минобороны.рф) of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Rhetoric in Ukraine has reinforced the fallacy of limited nuclear exchange

By John Gower, Andrew Weber | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons