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Russia

A test version of the new B61-12 guided nuclear bomb to be deployed in Europe as part of a modernization program. Photo from a video by Air Force Staff Sgt. Cody Griffith.

What the new posture review says—and does not say—about the future of nuclear weapons

By Victor Gilinsky | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Francis Fukuyama portrait on Stanford campus

“It’s a different kind of world we’re living in now”—Interview with political scientist Francis Fukuyama

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

Lukoil refinery

Russia’s economy is much more than a “big gas station.” Under sanctions, that’s now its biggest problem.

By Janis Kluge | Special Topics

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

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