The DEFCON Warning System™

Growing up in Las Vegas in the 1980s, Glynn Walker always knew he could die in a nuclear attack. The 43-year-old engineer

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that his nation’s nuclear forces should be put on high alert, raising fears that

N 1902, the Boston Brahmin and historian Brooks Adams published an influential book called The New Empire. It arrived at a moment

As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, some experts warn Russia might escalate the conflict further either in Ukraine or against the western

Vladimir Putin has been flaunting his nuclear arsenal since the invasion of Ukraine got underway. He has test-launched several cruise and ballistic

or many people, watching the Russian invasion of Ukraine has felt like a series of “He can’t be doing this” moments. Russia’s

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s implied threat to turn the Ukraine war into a broader nuclear conflict presents President Joe Biden with choices

Even expert Russia-watchers aren’t sure what changed when Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s “deterrence forces” to be put on a “special regime

Let me begin with an admission. So many times, I’ve thought: “Putin would never do this.” Then he goes and does it.