Ideas
Trump Is Running Out of Time to Denuclearize North Korea
So what does he have time to accomplish?
Ideas
House to 2020 Candidates: Trump and Nukes Don’t Mix
Those who would win the Democratic nod should heed the vote to kill the new low-yield nuke.
Ideas
Europe Has No Attractive Options in the Post-INF World
Soon to be back in the nuclear line of fire, Europeans wonder how to get arms control back on the international agenda.
Ideas
There’s a Deal to Be Had Between the US and Iran
For now, though, both sides seem to prefer escalating pressure.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon Looks to Virtual Reality to Prepare Troops for Nuclear War
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency wants info about VR training systems that could simulate “radiological threats.”
Threats
The Day America's Denuclearization of North Korea Died
The first Trump-Kim summit was about convincing Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons. By the third meeting, it never even came up.
Policy
The Normalization of Meeting Kim Jong Un
Trump probably won’t convince the North Koreans to give up their nuclear weapons. But that doesn’t mean he has accomplished nothing.
Threats
With Treaty Set to Expire, NATO Scrambles to Counter Russian Missile Threat
A "dangerous and entirely avoidable reality" is just five weeks away.
Ideas
A Closer Look at the Arguments against the Low-Yield SLBM
Why should the U.S. forgo a modest technical adjustment that improves forces supporting its strategy for deterring limited nuclear war?
Science & Tech
HASC Chair on Mini-Nukes: 'We’re Not Trying to Manage a Nuclear War'
House Democrats don’t want to fund variable-yield nukes. The new chairman just explained why.
Ideas
House Democrats Want To Kill This More Useable Nuke. They’re Right.
There are no good arguments for the W76-2 warhead, and quite a few good ones against.
Ideas
Iran Has Options and It’s Starting to Use Them
Washington’s “maximum pressure” campaign has not forced Tehran to yield—in fact, it’s done the opposite.
Ideas
Save This One Piece of the INF Treaty
Preserving the ballistic-missile ban would reduce the danger of leaving the treaty — and light a path to its replacement.
Science & Tech
Nuclear Energy Regulators Need to Bring on More Cyber Experts, Watchdog Says
Cyberattacks on nuclear power stations on the rise, and an aging workforce may soon leave the government struggling to defend plants against the latest threats.
Science & Tech
North Korea’s Nuclear Bomb Is Much Bigger than Previously Thought
A new look at 2017 test data reveals an explosion 16 times as powerful than the one that leveled Hiroshima.
Ideas
New, More Usable Nukes for Trump? No.
Congress should use the new defense authorization bill to bar the deployment of new, dangerous, and redundant nuclear weapons.
Policy
Nuclear Experts Beg Congress to Push Back on Trump Administration’s ‘Dangerous Impulses’
A letter asks House and Senate Armed Services leaders to defund small nukes and support an extension for New START.
Ideas
Time to Abandon Denuclearization?
An unwavering faith in the gospel of denuclearization is not supported by its track record, and some of the fears of moving toward a new policy are overblown.
Policy
Poll: Americans Want To Stay In Nuclear Arms Control Agreements
But there are lots of devils in the polling details.
Ideas