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Tag: Nuclear weapons

How US military planning has shifted away from fighting terrorism to...

Eric Rosenbach, Harvard Kennedy School President Joe Biden’s recent approval of a major shift in U.S. nuclear weapons strategy...

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...

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Hemingway, after the hurricane

Verna Kale, Penn State The 2024 hurricane season has been especially disastrous, and the casualties and widespread damage from...