nuclear weapons

Most South Asians are too young to have experienced the horrors of the conflicts fought in the region. That’s one reason why they’re quick to clamor for one.

Maximum pressure won’t make Tehran capitulate. Letting it enhance its conventional military capabilities could convince it to rein in proxies and curb its nuclear and missile programs.

Tehran needs a friend. Beijing may be a dangerous one.

Experts are skeptical that Moscow has the money or technical know-how to field Putin’s promised arsenal.

The U.S.-China trade war reignites, the Fed takes bold action, and a U.S.-Russia nuclear treaty comes to an end.

In a future arms race between Beijing, Moscow, and Washington, the Kremlin will never be able to keep up.

Trump’s exit from the U.S.-Russia treaty, which officially takes effect Friday, raises questions about whether the era of arms control is ending—or being reinvented.

A 1963 U.S. intelligence assessment underscores how many countries—even Sweden—were exploring nuclear weapons programs at the height of the Cold War.

Trump helped make Kim Jong Un a global statesman. Now China is using him to antagonize the United States.

If we can ban nukes, we can ban carbon emissions. Here’s how.

When a U.S. president threatened to cut support for Israel over nukes.

An angry, entitled man has total control over devastating weapons.

The Iranian president’s remarks about the future of the Iran nuclear deal.

Richard Lugar’s legacy could come undone as the world enters a nuclear hair-trigger period, his former Senate partner warns.

But Moscow’s hypersonic weapons may be more bark than bite.

This week, India and Pakistan faced off in Kashmir, and Trump left Hanoi empty-handed.

Before the United States killed it, the INF Treaty didn’t just stem the arms race with Russia—it stopped the spread of nuclear weapons around the world.

The U.S. president might be too hemmed in by the Russia probe to attempt a successor to the INF or START treaties.

Experts worry about a new arms race after U.S. withdrawal from nuclear pact.

The U.S. president will press his counterpart for more tangible commitments to dismantle nuclear weapons.