Science & Tech
Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Less Predictable, and More Dangerous
Facing steerable ICBMs and smaller warheads, the Pentagon seeks better tracking as the White House pursues an unlikely arms-control treaty.
Ideas
A US-Russia-China Arms Treaty? Extend New START First
Trump’s proposed pact is likely a pipe dream — or a smoke screen for scuttling yet another arms-control agreement.
Ideas
Ep. 43: Nuclear weapons awareness in the 20th and 21st centuries
We explore the public’s changing awareness of nuclear weapons, and efforts to get young people to engage.
Ideas
Was That a Small Nuclear Test…or Just a Football Game?
A Los Alamos mathematician explains why we need to keep improving our seismic detectors.
Science & Tech
New Nuclear Missiles' Cost Estimate Changes Again
The fight over America’s nuclear missile future gets cloudier, as Air Force says expensive silo improvements would be needed for any new ICBMs.
Ideas
America, You're Not Listening to Us
Russia’s ambassador: We’re ready for urgently needed security dialogue — when our U.S. counterparts are ready to engage in good faith.
Ideas
Trump's Strange Tweet May Have Kept Nuclear Talks Alive
The president is finally reckoning with the role of sanctions in North Korean diplomacy.
Ideas
A Nuclear Treaty the Trump Administration Can Support
The U.S. should help advance international proposals to tighten security around nuclear material that terrorists might use.
Ideas
Russia Is Turning Up Its Nuclear Rhetoric. That’s a Problem
U.S. and NATO officials have an interest in steering Russian bluster away from its rising focus on nuclear weapons.
Ideas
After Raising the Stakes for North Korea Summit, Trump Walks Away
It seemed history was about to be made. Then the second meeting between the U.S. and North Korean leaders concluded abruptly.
Ideas
The India-Pakistan Crisis Has Lessons for Trump and Kim
As the U.S. president meets with North Korea’s dictator, he ought to heed the military escalation in South Asia.
Science & Tech
Top Nuke General: Russia Is Exploiting Gaps In Key Arms-Control Treaty
The leader of U.S. Strategic Command sees New START as vital, flawed, and in danger.
Threats
What to Watch as Trump-Kim II Gets Underway
Let's review how we got here — and why some observers say the stakes are even higher this time around.
Ideas
Why Withdrawing from the INF Treaty Might Be Unconstitutional
No one really knows who gets to cancel treaties, but courts may defer to a Congress that prefers not to.
Threats
A 'New INF' with China? No Talks Yet, US Arms Control Chief Says
State Department’s Andrea Thompson: “Right now, the focus is on Russia."
Ideas
Two Ideas That Might Stop a Post-INF Arms Race, and One That Won’t
Discard the pipe dream of INF-plus-China. Focus instead on keeping new missiles too far away to strike.
Ideas
Trump, Nukes, and No First Use
Two bills aim to enact a long-overdue policy that will make the world less dangerous.
Ideas
A Strategic Disaster Looms at the 2nd Trump-Kim Summit
The Trump administration has declined to rule out withdrawing its troops from South Korea.
Ideas
Bolton’s Big Iran Con
There’s no evidence behind the national security adviser’s dire warnings about Tehran’s nuclear intentions.
Ideas