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Ukraine crisis

a man crosses a destroyed bridge holding water bottles

Water as weapon, and casualty, in Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

М17, Kherson oblast, Ukraine, Kalanchats'kyi district

Damage to Ukraine’s renewable energy sector could surpass $1 billion

By Tom Johansmeyer | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

WWII letter contains parallels with Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian civilians

By Robert K. Elder | Analysis

Grappling with environmental risks in the fog of war

By Kristina Hook, Richard “Drew” Marcantonio | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk

A close call at Ukraine reactor: On luck and nuclear disasters

By Maxime Polleri | Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Personal Essay

photo of Vladimir Putin from official Twitter page of Kremlin

Inside Putin’s head: Paranoid? Calculating? Obsessed by the conspiracy theories of a rehabilitated Russian fascist?

By Charles B. Strozier, David M. Terman | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrency will not save Putin from sanctions

By Aaron Arnold, Allison Owen | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

The history of NATO enlargement

Ukraine and the post-Cold War world

By Hugh Gusterson | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Woman handling Russian bills

Russia invaded Ukraine, but imposing financial sanctions like SWIFT may not be the best path forward.

By Aaron Arnold | Analysis

A Ukrainian serviceman pets his dog at a frontline position outside of Novaluhansâke, Ukraine on Tuesday. (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In a historic moment, the West cannot look away from Ukraine

By Thomas Graham, Jr. | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

office worker and tank Prague Spring 68

Ukraine 2022: Flashback to Crimea 1993? Prague Spring 1968?

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, What We’re Reading

President Joe Biden announces sanctions after Russia moves troops to Ukraine.

Biden announces new sanctions, moves troops to Baltics. Will Putin order Russian troops further into Ukraine?

By Matt Field | Analysis