“I’ve studied the possible trajectories of the Russia-Ukraine war. None are good”
Wars sometimes start easily, but it is a tenet of strategy that they are always unpredictable and extremely hard to end. Putin’s
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IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) today that the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) had been disconnected from the electricity
Russia ‘has gone all in’: Does Putin have a way out of his war in Ukraine?
Ukraine is still standing. That may be a surprise to Russia as its invasion grinds toward a third destructive week. Not only
The Ukraine power plant fire was contained. But nuclear experts fear what’s to come in Russia’s war.
For a small tribe of veteran atomic experts who helped secure the Soviet Union’s nuclear energy and missiles as it started to
Report: US to lift sanctions from Iran. Netanyahu: Bennett and Lapid must act
The United States intends to remove as early as next week the sanctions imposed over the years on dozens of Iranian individuals
Russia Really Could Use A Nuclear Weapon In The Ukraine Conflict
For those of you who are new to The DEFCON Warning System, you’ve probably been seeing a lot of alarming messages. Doom!
DEFCON Warning System – Update 3/6/22
This is the DEFCON Warning System. Alert status for 9 P.M. UTC, Sunday, March 6th, 2022. Condition code is Yellow. DEFCON 3.
New nuclear anxieties triggered by Russia-Ukraine war. ‘Is anyone feeling this?’
Growing up in Las Vegas in the 1980s, Glynn Walker always knew he could die in a nuclear attack. The 43-year-old engineer
Factbox: The chain of command for potential Russian nuclear strikes
Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the weekend that his nation’s nuclear forces should be put on high alert, raising fears that
Ukraine: The risks of war in a nuclear state
The fear that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could escalate to a nuclear war is real. But what happens if any of the
Why Putin’s War Against the West Is Just Beginning
N 1902, the Boston Brahmin and historian Brooks Adams published an influential book called The New Empire. It arrived at a moment
‘Escalate to de-escalate’: Experts say Putin’s strategy may be to get more aggressive in war on Ukraine
As Russia’s war on Ukraine continues, some experts warn Russia might escalate the conflict further either in Ukraine or against the western