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Mural artwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2016. Photo by Cebas1

After Trump’s victory, a divided Europe braces for its security without the United States

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons
Trump rips his mask off.

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

By | Biosecurity
Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Americans elect a climate change denier (again)

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Opinion

UN to conduct new study of the broad impacts of nuclear war. Not all countries want to know

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons
Collage of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos

Is the reign of tech titans coming to an end?

By Steven Feldstein | Disruptive Technologies

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

By Andrew Revkin | Analysis, Climate Change, Opinion
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Experts: How RFK Jr. could undermine support for vaccines if Trump wins

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Six quality Bulletin readings, curated for the concerned Election Day voter. With a dash of humor for sanity’s sake.

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Nuclear Risk

“NATO or Nukes”: Why Ukraine’s nuclear revival refuses to die

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons
Ballot with word AI written on it going into ballot box.

On November 5, AI is also on the ballot

By Ali Nouri | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies
Elon musk jumping on stage at a Trump rally

Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Collage of Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos

Is the reign of tech titans coming to an end?

By Steven Feldstein | Disruptive Technologies

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Experts: How RFK Jr. could undermine support for vaccines if Trump wins

By Matt Field | Biosecurity

Mural artwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2016. Photo by Cebas1

After Trump’s victory, a divided Europe braces for its security without the United States

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

How demagogues destroy democracy: a step-by-step global guide

By John Keane | Special Topics

Trump rips his mask off.

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

By | Biosecurity

Americans elect a climate change denier (again)

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Opinion

A painted Doomsday Clock surrounded by text snippets and illustrations from the Bulletin’s magazine archives appears beside text that reads, “Discuss the US elections, geopolitics, space, and more at the Bulletin’s annual gathering.” beside a button that reads, “Get my ticket.”

A painted Doomsday Clock surrounded by text snippets and illustrations from the Bulletin’s magazine archives appears beside text that reads, “Discuss the US elections, geopolitics, space, and more at the Bulletin’s annual gathering.” Beside it, a button that reads: “Get my ticket.”

The Bulletin interactive

See all of the world's BSL-4 laboratories—and more

Virtual Tour: Turn Back the Clock

Doomsday Dashboard

Nuclear Arsenals of the World

Doomsday Clock Timeline

What's new at the Bulletin

Artwork created by Lovely Umayam weaves together art and snippets of writing from the Bulletin’s archives to form a landscape mosaic that evokes the interweaving of art, words, and ideas.

Discuss the US elections, geopolitics, space, and more at Conversations Before Midnight

Rose Gottemoeller, the former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, and Manpreet Sethi, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, join Bulletin leadership.

The Bulletin welcomes top nuclear security experts to its leadership

Bulletin editor-in-chief John Mecklin (left), Bulletin President and CEO Rachel Bronson (center), and CEO of Lightbridge Corporation Seth Grae (right) converse during the 2023 Doomsday Clock Leadership Luncheon. Photo by Jamie Christiani.

Bronson to step down as Bulletin president & CEO

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