Nuclear Arms and Proliferation

Recent missile launch in North Korea

Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea? Are We Drifting Toward War With North Korea?

We have no alternative but to open talks with Pyongyang; the sanctions strategy is not working.

Mar 8, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’ Trump’s Machismo vs. Sweden’s ‘Feminist Foreign Policy’

Investing in women and girls does much more to keep us safe and promote peace than does spending even greater amounts on weapons designed to cause mass devastation.

Feb 28, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A military aide, carrying the

Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands Nuclear Weapons Don’t Belong in Anyone’s Hands

Donald Trump shouldn’t have his finger on the button—but neither should anyone else. 

Feb 15, 2017 / Tim Wright

Ukrainian Tanks

Ukraine Revisited Ukraine Revisited

From the beginning of the crisis more than three years ago, false (or half-true) narratives have dominated US media accounts and policymaking.

Feb 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III

Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III

His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.

Feb 8, 2017 / Micah L. Sifry

Michael Flynn

The Advisers Inside Trump’s White House Want to Make War Everywhere The Advisers Inside Trump’s White House Want to Make War Everywhere

If only they could agree on where to begin.

Feb 6, 2017 / Ira Chernus

Ukrainian Armored Vehicle

The Friends and Foes of Détente The Friends and Foes of Détente

The January 28 phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Putin signified their quest for a new détente, and its enemies quickly struck back.

Feb 1, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Y-12_sign

The Doomsday Clock Is Now at Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight The Doomsday Clock Is Now at Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists says we are at the most dangerous moment since the height of the Cold War.

Jan 31, 2017 / James Carden

Putin 2016

Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security Incessant Kremlin-Baiting of President Trump Is a Threat to US National Security

Allegations that the president is a “puppet of Putin” could prevent him from making decisions in America’s best interests.

Jan 25, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot

This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot

American journalists keep saying Alexander Dugin is Putin’s ideological adviser. One problem: He's not.

Jan 24, 2017 / Jeffrey Sommers

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