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Memo to Trump: Strengthen deterrence with more autonomy for weapons systems

By Jonathan Panter | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Develop specific AI guidelines for nuclear command and control

By Johnathan Falcone | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Create sensible AI policies that focus on real—not speculative—concerns

By Walter Scheirer | Disruptive Technologies

Memo to Trump: Shape AI’s future by embracing open-source development

By Ozan Ahmet Cetin | Disruptive Technologies

The walls have eyes: How Trump plans to supercharge border security with tech

By Petra Molnar | Disruptive Technologies

Trump rips his mask off.

What Trump might do on vaccines, pandemics, global health, and more

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Why this is a climate election—even if that hasn’t been apparent on the trail

By Andrew Revkin | Analysis, Climate Change, Opinion

Why what happened to Oppenheimer then is relevant now

By Daniel M. Kammen | Opinion, Personal Essay

Rafael Mariano Grossi, IAEA Director-General, welcomes Dr. Ali Bagheri Kani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and his delegation upon their arrival at the Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria. 2 December 2021. Photo Credit: Dean Calma / IAEA. (CC BY 2.0)

Iran’s nuclear potential can be cut, but not eliminated

By Jon B. Wolfsthal | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

bright protest banner about fossil fuels

Climate Change: A Biden vs Trump scorecard

By Oliver Milman, Alvin Chang | Climate Change

bird in flight at dawn in marsh

Climate change is a crisis. But should President Biden declare a national emergency?

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion

broken hourglass with sand pouring out

Congress has to fix Trump’s 11th-hour climate rules—before it’s too late

By Gary Yohe, Henry Jacoby, Richard Richels, Benjamin Santer | Climate Change