Sixty years ago, the world slid to the precipice of nuclear war as tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union escalated into the …
Johnson suspects Putin will not resort to nuclear strike in war with Ukraine
The former prime minister says the act would ‘immediately tender Russia’s resignation from the club of civilised nations’.
After nuclear attack threat, North Korea fires 10 missiles towards sea, says South Korea
The missile launch came hours after North Korea issued a veiled threat to use nuclear weapons to get the US and South Korea to pay the most …
NATO, Russia Conduct Simultaneous Nuclear Exercises – Arms Control Association
NATO kicked off its annual nuclear exercise, dubbed Steadfast Noon, … of the war, Putin has issued multiple threats to use nuclear weapons …
With conflict in Ukraine, threat of nuclear war is back ‘front and center’ – Harvard Gazette
Since the end of the Cold War, the threat posed by nuclear weapons receded as an issue of top concern. Yet nuclear stockpiles have increased around …
Russian Oligarch and Putin Critic Renounces Citizenship Over Ukraine War – WSJ
Oleg Tinkov, who founded Russia’s Tinkoff Bank, said he is giving up Russian citizenship after selling a stake in the bank.
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Broadens Push to Relocate Civilians as Battle for Kherson Looms
Nuclear power plants slated for closure in Germany will stay open. From France to Sweden, thermostats are being lowered to just 19 degrees Celsius, or …
The old but relevant script of the Cuban Missile crisis | ORF
Russia’s nuclear signalling. The Ukraine war is testing the old lessons of nuclear deterrence. Russia sees itself at war, not with non-nuclear Ukraine …
Biden’s Nuclear Doctrine – The Atlantic
Every American president since the end of the Cold War has tried to answer this question in a formal report called the Nuclear Posture Review. And …
Why Vladimir Putin Would Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine | The New Yorker
In 2014, months after annexing Crimea and at the height of engineering a pro-Russian insurgency war in eastern Ukraine, Russia changed its military …