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Nuclear Weapons

Hyping Nuclear Threats Is Counterproductive

Hyping threats of nuclear proliferation to justify war undermines legitimate counter-proliferation policies and paradoxically incentivizes [...] More

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Pyongyang’s Bet: Nuclear Growth and Great Power Support

OPINION – North Korea is building more nuclear weapons and more sophisticated ballistic missiles to target the region and the U.S., while ensuring [...] More

A Declining Demand for Strategic Intelligence? U.S. and Israeli cases

Strategic intelligence, usually perceived as intelligence supporting the formulation of strategy, has always had limited influence over national [...] More

After New START: America Weighs a New Nuclear Strategy

“Militarily, the expiration [last Thursday] of New START [2010 Treaty with Russia] enables the United States to take parallel steps. We will complete [...] More

The Two-Front Nuclear Challenge: Iran, North Korea, and a New Era of U.S. Deterrence

The Two-Front Nuclear Challenge: Iran, North Korea, and a New Era of U.S. Deterrence

DEEP DIVE — While Washington is focused on Iran’s accelerating uranium-enrichment program and increasingly aggressive regional posture, an equally [...] More

Uncovering the Truth Behind Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing

“Nearly 1,000 feet below the Nevada desert, [U.S.] scientists and engineers are conducting groundbreaking nuclear weapons research. Subcritical [...] More

The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order

The Nuclear Age: How the Quest for the Bomb Redefined Power — and Still Shapes Today’s Global Order

BOOK REVIEW: THE NUCLEAR AGE: AN EPIC RACE FOR ARMS, POWER, AND SURVIVALBy Serhii Plokhy / W.W. NortonReviewed by: Michael J. ArdThe Reviewer: [...] More

Why Nuclear Negotiations with Russia Are Worth It

FINE PRINT / OPINION — “In order to prevent the emergence of a new strategic arms race and to preserve an acceptable degree of predictability and [...] More

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) speaks during a press conference after arriving at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran on September 27, 2025

Defiance Meets Desperation as Iran Faces Fresh UN Sanctions

EXPERT INTERVIEW – The United Nations has reimposed sweeping economic and military sanctions on Iran, ten years after lifting them under the 2015 [...] More

The Real Impact of a Nuclear Bomb

FINE PRINT / OPINION — “This report explores the environmental effects and societal and economic consequences that would be expected to follow in the [...] More

Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – One week after a deadly terror attack, India and Pakistan stand at the precipice of military conflict, and as one scholar and [...] More

The Senate Drives a Nuclear Spending Spree

“America’s defense strategy and strategic posture must change in order to properly defend its vital interests and improve strategic stability with [...] More

Understanding China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal

Understanding China's Growing Nuclear Arsenal

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As the United States mulls deploying nuclear-armed, sea-launched missiles as a deterrent to its adversaries, China [...] More