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Ukraine

Despite the risks, Russia continues to use Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as a source of leverage

By Darya Dolzikova | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

UN Security Council members abstaining on Russian resolution in November 2022

False Russian claims hijacked the biological weapons treaty. Here’s how to reclaim it

By Eva Siegmann | Biosecurity, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Israel to perform at Eurovision. Expect protests, machine guns, and drones

By Erik English | Analysis

An artist's rendition of Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear posture. Photo credit: kremlin.ru, changes made, CC BY 3.0.

Putin threatens again: An updated timeline on potential nuclear escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war

By Susan D’Agostino, François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The nuclear year in review: A renewed interest in nuclear weapons—for and against

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The silhouette of a drone flying over the mountains line at sunset

Threat in the sky: How cheap drones are changing warfare

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

This screen shot from a US Defense Department video clip shows a Russian Su-27 fighter jet flying near an American Reaper drone in March, over the Black Sea near Crimea, spraying what the Defense Department says is jet fuel.

Putin’s “bluff”: a cautionary note about underestimating the possibility of nuclear escalation in Ukraine

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Over-polluting and under-reporting: A look inside Russia’s dirty fossil fuel industry

By Bryson Wiese, Jake Garza Seymour | Climate Change, Voices of Tomorrow

Lessons from Zaporizhzhia: How to protect reactors against ‘nuclear piracy’

By Ali Alkis, Bethany Goldblum | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

A mural in Ukraine.

Conducting public health workshops in Ukraine—under threat of missile attack

By Filippa Lentzos | Biosecurity

Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system with two 9M723K5 missiles, at a Russian demonstration of military technology in 2017. The Iskander system is reported to be capable of firing ballistic missiles that can carry a tactical nuclear warhead. Photo by Vitaly Kuzmin

Karaganov’s case for Russian nuclear preemption: responsible strategizing or dangerous delusion?

By Stephen J. Cimbala, Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

A Russian serviceman patrols the territory of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on May 1, 2022.

The largest danger at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant: intentional sabotage

By Matthew Bunn | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk