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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

Wargame shows attacks on reactors would cause meltdowns and military paralysis

By Henry Sokolski | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk

How the United States and NATO can deal with Russian nuclear coercion in Ukraine

By Alexander Vershbow | Nuclear Weapons

people in boat in flooded streets

Dam explosion in Ukraine unleashes ‘ecological disaster’

By Nitish Pahwa | Climate Change

Ukrainian dam is destroyed; nuclear plant lives in a ‘grace period’

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Energy

Why the United States should prioritize autonomous demining technology

By Amy J. Nelson | Disruptive Technologies