The Bomb Is Back as the Risk of Nuclear War Enters a New Age

At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer nuclear weapons ...
Council on Foreign Relations

Who Can Start a Nuclear War? Inside U.S. Launch Authority and Reform

The U.S. president can order a nuclear launch without consulting anyone, including Congress, and U.S. nuclear weapons have ...
Los Angeles Times

The threat of nuclear war never went away

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “At the end of the Cold War, global powers reached the consensus that the world would be better off with fewer ...
The Nation

Did You Know That the Risk of Nuclear War Is Greater Now Than in Decades?

A new global coalition seizes the moment to campaign for a halt and reversal of the nuclear arms race. The risk of nuclear war is greater now than in decades—and rising. Russia is upgrading its ...
New York Post

Nuclear winter would bring mass starvation and death for years post-war, startling new study reveals: ‘We must be prepared’

It would be a-crop-alyptic. Amid rising tensions around the world, Penn State University scientists have revealed what the fallout would be from a nuclear war — with an unfathomable famine, mass ...
CBS News

Nobel Laureates, experts gather at University of Chicago, call for action to avert nuclear war

Nobel Laureates and leading nuclear experts gathered at the University of Chicago this week to discuss the continuing dangers of nuclear war and the need for prevention. Experts warned at a panel ...
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Is it possible to “win” a nuclear war?

Following their first meeting in Geneva in 1985, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev issued a historic joint statement stating their shared belief that “a nuclear war cannot be ...
Jurist

Reducing Nuclear War Risks: How America Can Address an Urgent, Under-Emphasized Problem

It’s clear and straightforward: the United States must avoid nuclear war or all other national obligations will become moot. It follows that all available fiscal and intellectual resources should be ...
Forbes

Europe Joins U.S. In Arming For Russian Nuclear Strikes In Space

As Russia threatens atomic attacks on Ukraine and its Western allies, and prototypes a nuclear-armed spacecraft, space powers across Europe are racing to defend against nuclear strikes in orbit.
24/7 Wall St

What Are the Prospects of Nuclear War in Ukraine?

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. It’s a strange paradox that the end of the Cold War ...
The New York Times

Should the President Have Nuclear Sole Authority? We Asked 530 Incoming Congress Members.

This article has been updated to include additional responses. “The trust and the temptation would be too great for any one man.” James Madison, America’s fourth president, offered these words in 1793 ...