Nuclear

September 03, 2019

Moon pledged peace with North Korea by 2045, but his timeline left some skeptical. South Korea hasn’t even been able to convince North Korea to accept rice donations ahead of a looming famine.

What US-Iran tensions mean for US allies in the nuclear deal

PRI's The World

August 27, 2019

European parties to the deal are struggling to calm the deepening confrontation between Iran and the United States since US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out last year.

Science & Technology

A cyberattack could wreak destruction comparable to a nuclear weapon

The Conversation

August 16, 2019

While nuclear war is a danger most people are aware of, cyber attacks could potentially be just as dangerous. Find out how escalating attacks on vulnerable infrastructure have some experts worried.

Conflict & Justice

Kashmir conflict 'stakes are high for the whole world' says former ambassador

PRI's The World

August 13, 2019

Pakistan has asked the UN Security to Council to meet over India's decision to revoke special status of two autonomous states. The tension in the region goes back to the very beginning of the creation of India and Pakistan, a former ambassador says.

Nuclear

As landmark nuclear treaty fades, its Cold War authors ask ‘What next?’

PRI's The World

July 30, 2019

The INF treaty between the US and Russia, two nuclear superpowers, slowed down the nuclear arms race. On Aug. 2, that treaty will come to an end.

Nuclear

How the race for nuclear power began

Innovation Hub

July 19, 2019

The begging of the nuclear age at the end of World War II happened, in large part, due to fears that Germany would detonate an atomic bomb first. See how the United States pushed itself to become the world's first nuclear power.

Global Politics

Khrushchev’s son recalls Sputnik, Gagarin ascent in US-Soviet space race

PRI's The World

July 16, 2019

In October 1957, a beach-ball sized metal globe hurtled through space a couple hundred miles above the United States. That orb was the first artificial Earth satellite — Sputnik. Sergei Khrushchev, former missile engineer and son of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, remembers the US-Soviet race into space.

Nuclear

With the Iran deal falling apart, Israel faces new worries

PRI's The World

July 08, 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. But now that the deal appears to be collapsing, Israel isn’t exactly celebrating.

Nuclear

Ambassador says UK still looking to salvage Iran nuclear deal

PRI's The World

July 08, 2019

As Iran threatened to restart centrifuges on Monday, the UK's ambassador to the UN says Britain and other European countries are still searching for "a possible route back to compliance."