Nukes

Don't Even Think About It

The Cold War was scary enough. Now try to imagine a nuclear arms race between China and India.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JULY 13, 2010

The Fear Factor

A new film aims to be the Inconvenient Truth for the nuclear danger. But is terrifying people the only way to get the message across?

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | JULY 8, 2010

How Iran Can Build a Bomb

It's harder -- and more time-consuming -- than you'd think.

BY JOSEPH CIRINCIONE, ELISE CONNOR | JULY 1, 2010

The Known Unknowns

When U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld referred to the "known unknowns" that remained in Iraq in 2002, he was mocked endlessly -- and those mysterious black holes ended up confounding his administration's project there. Rumsfeld's not the only one to encounter this epistemological puzzle: Known unknowns are everywhere, waiting to trip us up. Here are a few of the most enigmatic.

BY JOSHUA E. KEATING | JULY/AUGUST 2010

Hapless Doesn't Mean Harmless

Burma has a nuclear program. It's a mess, but it's still a nuclear program.

BY CHRISTIAN CARYL | JUNE 14, 2010

Why the Iran Sanctions Matter

It's easy to criticize the U.N. Security Council's new resolution targeting Iran. But it might prove a surprisingly effective tool in tightening the noose on the regime in Tehran.

BY MATTHEW LEVITT | JUNE 11, 2010

Two Cheers for Multilateralism

Why the nuclear review conference was a minor triumph for Obama.

BY JAMES TRAUB | JUNE 8, 2010

The Breach

China is about to break important international rules designed to prevent nuclear proliferation. Can Beijing be stopped?

BY MARK HIBBS | JUNE 4, 2010

The Russian Nuclear Button

New questions about the Soviet legacy of three briefcases.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | MAY 27, 2010

The Wise Men and The Bomb

Some of the leading figures of the atomic age argue for a dramatic reduction in nuclear weapons — ultimately down to zero. Why?

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | MAY 20, 2010

Lula's Tehran Misadventure

In the last days of his tenure, the Brazilian president is reaching for his crowning foreign-policy glory. Will it go horribly, horribly wrong?

BY PAULO SOTERO | MAY 11, 2010

Postcard from Tehran

Western journalists don't get too many opportunities to visit Iran these days. On my recent trip, I found economic discontent, growing political apathy, and plenty of Persian swagger.

BY HOOMAN MAJD | MAY 6, 2010

Black Hole on the Black Sea

Inside Georgia's nuclear bazaar.

BY SHARON WEINBERGER | MAY 5, 2010

Obama’s Atomic Choices

Inside the making of U.S. nuclear policy.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 28, 2010

Who Needs NATO?

Dmitry Rogozin and Ronald Asmus on why Andrew Bacevich's call to pull America out of NATO is unrealistic.

MAY/JUNE 2010

Bomb School

How one little-noticed outcome of Obama's Nuclear Security Summit -- a new commitment to nuclear education and training -- could change the world.

BY WILLIAM C. POTTER | APRIL 23, 2010

Turkey Takes Sides

Criticism of Israel is the hallmark of Prime Minister Erdogan's new Middle East policy -- but not all Turks are on board.

BY TULIN DALOGLU | APRIL 16, 2010

From Ukraine With Baggage

Can the West trust Viktor Yanukovych?

BY DAMON WILSON | APRIL 16, 2010

Failed No Longer

How Georgia came back from the brink.

BY MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI | APRIL 15, 2010

The Other Nuclear Conference

And why Iran wanted me not to go.

BY BARBARA SLAVIN | APRIL 13, 2010

'Time Is of the Essence'

No terrorist has ever managed to detonate a nuclear device. Let's keep it that way.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 12, 2010

This Week at War: Learning to Love Crazy Karzai

What the four-stars are reading -- a weekly column from Small Wars Journal.

BY ROBERT HADDICK | APRIL 9, 2010

It's Not About the Treaty

What Prague means, and doesn't mean, for the future of nuclear weapons.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 7, 2010

Reviewing the Review

Obama's new nuke strategy is a good start. But the Cold War's legacy lives on.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 6, 2010

Four Minutes to Armageddon

Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, and the nuclear alert.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 2, 2010

The Little Nukes That Got Away

What Obama's new weapons treaty left out.

BY DAVID E. HOFFMAN | APRIL 1, 2010

Blind Man's Bluff

The truth about Iran is that we haven't got a clue how the Islamic Republic would respond to an attack.

BY BILAL Y. SAAB | MARCH 30, 2010

Nuclear Options

Obama's atomic agenda is finally looking like more than just fantasy. Now for the hard part.

BY JAMES TRAUB | MARCH 30, 2010

Peddling Peril

An exclusive excerpt from David Albright's new book, Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America's Enemies.

BY DAVID ALBRIGHT | MARCH 17, 2010

Bipartisan Spring

Washington may be deeply polarized on domestic matters, but when it comes to foreign affairs, a remarkable consensus is taking shape.

BY ROBERT KAGAN | MARCH 3, 2010