Marija Carter: Held at a Nuke Point

The American 5,428 nuclear weapons and 1,054 detonations hell of a power-trip

At the peak of the nuclear arms race in 1967, the US held 31,255 nuclear weapons. The largest American field test was conducted with a nuclear weapon with a yield…

Marija Carter: ‘Even though it would have been the act of a fucked-up psychopath’ — Wagner Group’s Prigozhin keeps teasing Putin towards nuclear escalation

Omar Tarqhammen: The White House seeks to renew the Iran Deal

The U.S. has presented the representatives of the EU and Israel with a new potential framework for an agreement with Iran. Months in the making, the new document seeks to freeze Tehran’s uranium enrichment programme, in…

Aaron Harding: Minks and Russian Nukes: Putin decides he is willing to let Russia bleed out, and the possibility of a nuclear war creeps in

As international security expert Patrick Porter observed, Putin had decided to see his…

Mostafa Rasheed: 2023 Reassessment of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 1968

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is an international treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, promoting disarmament, and facilitating the peaceful use of nuclear…

Jenny Armini: I am 32 today. South Africa gave up nuclear weapons the year I was born. I am still waiting for France to follow.

Growing up in France as a child of a proud South African mother, emigrating to flee prosecution under apartheid, I…

Aaron Harding: Did Ukraine Make a Mistake in Giving Up Its Nuclear Weapons

Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, a litany of variously credible threats of the use of nuclear weapons was uttered behind closed doors as well as screamed from the rooftops. While the…

Omar Tarqhammen: Notes on Libya’s Renunciation of Nuclear Weapons

In December 2003, Libya announced its decision to renounce its nuclear weapons program and pursue the dismantlement of its existing nuclear capabilities.

Mehmet Badawi: Iranian UN representation denies that weapons flood into Iran and Syria along with humanitarian aid, as Israel targets transports

Reuters reports that within the transports of humanitarian support materials into…

Aaron Harding: Russian tactical nuclear weapons are to be stationed at the Belorussian border with NATO

Boris Gryzlov, the Russian ambassador to Belarus, announced that the nuclear weapons Belarus are to newly integrate into their military arsenal are…

Omar Tarqhammen: Notes on the Israeli Nuclear Program

Israel’s nuclear program has been a topic of speculation and secrecy for many years. In line with its general policy in relation to all matters of national defence, Israel never officially acknowledged or denied possessing nuclear…

Aaron Harding: Poland’s NATO nuclear sharing aspirations threaten to escalate into the renaissance of nuclear weapons

President Andrzej Duda first revealed his interest in Polish participation in NATO’s nuclear weapon-sharing club last year, his…

Helen Davidson: ‘’I Cannot Live Without You” North Korea and its Nuclear Weapons

The nuclear arsenal of North Korea remains one of the world’s greatest enigmas. While the isolated nation does not permit independent observers and the collection of verifiable data, it…