List of Nuclear Weapons articles
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pauses after drawing a red line on a graphic of a bomb while discussing Iran during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Netanyahu Wants War With Iran. Biden Can Prevent It.
Past U.S. presidents rejected Israel’s push to strike Tehran, but Biden is falling into his trap.
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North Koreans stand next to a banner that reads “Tens of millions of people pledge to defy death for defending country!” as they attend a mass rally to mark the “Day of Struggle Against U.S. imperialism” in Pyongyang on June 25, 2023. North Korea Is Ghosting the Biden Administration
Experts say it’s a question of when, not if, Pyongyang will carry out its seventh nuclear weapons test.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to mark the delivery of nuclear fuel to Turkey's first nuclear power plant, Akkuyu, via a video link from Moscow. Did Russia Come Close to Using a Nuclear Device in 2022?
CNN reporter Jim Sciutto on the return of great-power conflict.
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Joe Biden's face is in front of a blurred American flag. Whatever Happened to Biden’s Iran Policy?
Washington now has to treat Tehran as a de facto nuclear power.
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This photo from 2020 shows then-U.S. President Donald Trump with his mouth open as he speaks to members of the press behind the camera. Both of Trump's hands are raised, fingers splayed, and he squints at the sun. Trees in the White House lawn and the back of the buildings itself are visible in the background behind him. There’s Nothing Between an Unstable President and the Nuclear Button
It’s past time to put legal guardrails in place to prevent catastrophe.
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Cillian Murphy, the actor who plays Oppenheimer, walks down a hallway surrounded by photographers in a black and white film still. Nuclear Fatalism in ‘Oppenheimer’ Is a Dead End
The Oscar-winning film leaves out Oppenheimer's hopes for nuclear containment.
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In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state news agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus, seen in Saint Petersburg on Jan. 29. Russia’s Nuclear Weapons Are Now in Belarus
The move sends a clear political message, but some experts downplay its military significance.
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A man fishes at a port near the Lungmen, a nuclear power plant that has suspended its construction, in New Taipei City. Taiwan Can’t Shake Its Nuclear Ghosts
The island’s resistance to a dependable—and desperately needed—source of energy has been shaped by a covert history.
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A historic black-and-white image from the aftermath of the first atomic bomb testing. Scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer stoops to examine the torn and warped metal remaining from the base of a tower from which the bomb was tests. Other scientists mill about the desert landscape around Oppenheimer, and low mountains loom in the distance. The Economics of ‘Oppenheimer’
The Manhattan Project was, in many ways, the largest project ever undertaken by the U.S. state.
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In this pool photograph distributed by Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on after flying on a Tupolev Tu-160M strategic bomber in Kazan, Russia, on Feb. 22. What We Know About Russia’s Nuclear Space Weapon
And why it’s causing such a fuss.
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In a snowy landscape looking slightly downward from a hilltop, a side profile of a man holding a gun stands on the left of frame beside two other men on skis having a discussion. In the distant background, a group of military personnel stand in a large clearing with their equipment bags. Trees line the horizon and surround the environment. A Temperature Check on NATO’s ‘Arctic Sparta’
The Finnish town of Ivalo now hosts the closest base to mainland Russia accessible to U.S. troops.
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An illustration of a person holding a monarchical crown with echoing figures inside the form indicating a new type of democracy. Our Best Long Reads From 2023
Foreign Policy’s best deep dives of the year.
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A man is seen from behind as he leans in to examine a glass case at an exhibit hall dedicated to a retired atomic bomb base in Tibet. The case includes photos and walls of text, and it is flanked on either side by two sculptures of mushroom clouds. The entire room is lit by dim, red-tinted light. It’s Time to Talk About No First Use
Long a nonstarter in Washington, it may now be the best source of common ground with Beijing.
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A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is escorted by two McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 16, 2021. Dire Warnings of Russia and China Threats Challenge Aging U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
U.S. nuclear deterrence needs to be urgently modernized, congressional commission warns.
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Palestinians run across a dusty landscape through a breach in a high wire fence topped with barbed wire on the Israel-Gaza border. How Israel’s Spies Failed—and Why Escalation Could Be Catastrophic
The culture of intelligence agencies paved the way for disaster. Regional war could revive the nuclear specter that haunted the world in 1973.
