Nuclear Survivalist

“We have not seen nuclear weapons playing such a prominent role in international relations since the Cold War,” Wilfred Wan, director of SIPRI’s …

Tensions over Ukraine and Gaza wars further weaken nuclear diplomacy. Nuclear arms control and disarmament diplomacy suffered more major setbacks in …

The all-out war since President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people, unsettled …

… war in Ukraine’s favour. All-out nuclear war would be catastrophic, not least for Ukraine, which would be wiped out in the first wave of attacks.

Both the Kazan and the Gorshkov routinely carry nuclear-capable Zirkon and Kalibr cruise missiles, although Russia denied the vessels were doing so on …

… war there, and ways to bring peace to Ukraine — even though Moscow is not represented.

… War One and World War Two: Ukraine times a hundred; Gaza times a thousand. And these days, such a war would surely be nuclear. To argue that a ‘Great …

… nuclear war scenarios. In the Kremlin, Yuri Andropov had recently spoken of an “unprecedented escalation” of the crisis, and on September 1, the …

… war” – a label Moscow rejects – and calls for Ukraine’s control over the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and its Azov Sea ports to be restored. The …

It referred to a world living in the shadow of a nuclear war. He predicted the new geopolitical reality would be marked by “the prospect of two or …