Tag: Nuclear weapons
How the Soviets stole nuclear secrets and targeted Oppenheimer, the ‘father...
Calder Walton, Harvard Kennedy School
“Oppenheimer,” the epic new movie directed by Christopher Nolan, takes audiences into the mind...
What are tactical nuclear weapons? An international security expert explains and...
Nina Srinivasan Rathbun, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Tactical nuclear weapons have burst onto the international...
What countries have nuclear weapons, and where are they?
Miles A. Pomper, Middlebury and Vasilii Tuganov, Middlebury
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has raised fears among the public...
US and Iran have a long, troubled history
Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Relations between the United States and Iran have been fraught for...
Why the US has nuclear weapons in Turkey – and may...
Miles A. Pomper, Middlebury
As the Syrian crisis pits Turkish troops against former U.S.-allied Kurdish forces, Pentagon officials have been reviewing plans to remove 50...
What torching Iran deal says about US commitment to nuclear security
Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington
President Donald Trump pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal flies in the face of hundreds of...
Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy
Stephanie Malin, Colorado State University
Uranium – the raw material for nuclear power and nuclear weapons – is having a moment in the spotlight.
Companies such...
Why the Nobel Peace Prize brings little peace
Ronald R. Krebs, University of Minnesota
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, an advocacy group...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
