The Debrief

New Evidence Reveals Nazi Germany Was Farther From Building an Atomic Bomb Than Previously Believed

Just how close the race between America and the Nazis to develop the first nuclear weapon was has long been an area of debate ...
Cfr.org

What Is Nuclear Proliferation?

In foreign policy, proliferation most commonly refers to the spread or increase of nuclear weapons and, sometimes, other destructive military technologies and systems. Nonproliferation refers to the ...
The Conversation

AI companies could learn safety lessons from the history of nuclear weapons

An AI model built by US tech company OpenAI has hacked into the Australian government healthcare portal, Medicare. The news, ...
The Atlantic

Russia and America Are Rediscovering the Limits of Nuclear Weapons

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. Henry Kissinger often said that nuclear arms are “weapons in search of a doctrine.” After the Cold War ...

Opinion: Bessent is wrong: China armed Iran’s nuclear weapons ambitions

Secretary Bessent, it is China that has made Iran dangerous.
The Conversation

The threat of nuclear weapons is greater than ever. Here’s how international law can help

The outlook for nuclear arms control is desolate in all three of its dimensions – risk reduction, non-proliferation and outright elimination. The important agreements of the past are dead or on life ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Pentagon’s secret plan: Reviving Cold War doctrines to lower the threshold for nuclear war

A new nuclear policy is taking shape in secret, crafted by a small group of Pentagon officials, that will give President Donald Trump more ways to start a nuclear war. Little is known about the ...
Cfr.org

The History of Nuclear Proliferation

Nuclear weapons pose an enormous threat to humanity. Since their first use, different leaders and organizations have been trying to prevent proliferation to additional countries. Despite their efforts ...