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Foreign policy

Sen. Chris Murphy says Trump's Iran plan is 'blind escalation with no endgame'

The World

May 23, 2019

US tensions with Iran are ramping up with no clear plan in sight. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, says that while Iran is acting belligerently, the US response is not helping.

Nuclear

'Things That Go Boom:' Nothing good happens after 'nuclear midnight'

The World

May 14, 2019

It's been a year since the US pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal ad some experts warn that the threat of a worldwide meltdown is the worst its been since the darkest, most dangerous days of the Cold War.

Nuclear

Nuclear deal rollback won’t get Iran a weapon, but it’s not an empty threat

The World

May 08, 2019

If other parties to the Iran nuclear agreement don't work to ease sanctions pressures, Iran could walk away from the deal, as US President Donald Trump did one year ago. "The difference is that if Iran walks away from the nuclear deal, then it will restart all the aspects of the nuclear program that the deal had constrained," says Dina Esfandiary.

Nuclear

What geology reveals about North Korea's nuclear weapons — and what it obscures

The Conversation

May 08, 2019

North Korea is a major military threat to the US and its Asian allies, but exactly how powerful are its nuclear weapons? An earth scientist explains why it's hard to answer this question.

Iran rolls back nuclear pledges but stops short of violating pact

Reuters

May 08, 2019

Iran announced on Wednesday it was scaling back curbs to its nuclear program, announcing steps that stop short of violating its 2015 deal with world powers for now.

Media

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change

The World

May 07, 2019

A new look into HBO's upcoming miniseries "Chernobyl" gives us a deep look into the nuclear power plant disaster that rocked the then Soviet Union and continues to impact Ukraine to this day. Director Johan Renck spoke with Carol Hills about why he feels this story needs to be told.

Nuclear

Nukes? What nukes? US military’s ‘neither confirm nor deny’ policy complicates activists’ trial

GlobalPost

May 07, 2019

A Cold War-Era “no comment” policy resurfaces in the trial of Catholic activists.

Japan has plutonium, rockets and rivals. Will it ever build a nuke?

The World

March 14, 2019

Members of Japan's far-right say the country should build up its defenses.

Global Politics

Can the Ban Treaty eliminate the threat of nuclear war? The clock is ticking down

GlobalPost

March 14, 2019

The United Nations’ Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons — also known as the Ban treaty — could become the first new major legal move toward disarmament in more than 20 years.

How Trump’s exit from a Cold War-era treaty could trigger a 3-way arms race

The World

January 30, 2019

Updated

02/01/2019 - 12:15pm

Russia has been in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty for more than a decade but the US is set to pull out of the agreement on Feb. 2.

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