The sad fact is that North Korea has become quite comfortable with its nuclear weapons. by Stephan Haggard …
Coming Soon? A Brief Guide to 21st-Century Megadisasters
He groups these into five categories: climate change; cyber threats; nuclear war; failures of critical infrastructure such as electric grids; and biological …
Why Ending the Korean War Will Never Be Easy
North Korea has in fact always justified the development of a nuclear arsenal by the need to protect itself from a possible U.S. invasion. An end of war …
The Future of Nuclear Arms Control: Time to Change Course
They should remember how close we came to nuclear war in October 1962. Outside the obstinance of today’s arms controllers, another factor …
Are Trident nukes the best way to spend £205bn with a massive financial crisis ahead of us?
Notwithstanding the moral argument against nuclear weapons, the propensity for costly arms races, and the risk of accidents and civilization-ending war …
Could China and the United States Go to War over Taiwan?
Both sides are preparing for that war. Both sides also have nuclear weapons. China declared it will never use them first under any circumstances, but …
A restart of nuclear testing offers little scientific value to the US and would benefit other countries
The U.S. tested nuclear bombs for decades. But at the end of the Cold War in 1992, the U.S. government imposed a moratorium on U.S. testing.
Paris tracked French fighters in Pak. but failed to dig deep in nuclear secrets
“This is an old tactic going back to the Cold War days and the KGB. Seduction as a tool of unconventional spying is not usually resorted to by modern spy …
Russia’s Basic Principles and the Cyber-Nuclear Nexus
This has implications for how adversaries should interpret Russian concerns over potential threat. The Basic Principles is not a war-fighting manual ( …
Factbox: On climate, it’s Biden’s green revolution versus Trump’s war on red tape
He supports research into high-tech nuclear energy that would be virtually emissions free, but likely still have waste issues. Biden has worked with …