List of Weapons articles
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Guy Roberts testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be assistant defense secretary for nuclear, chemical, and biological defense programs in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on Nov. 2, 2017. Top WMD Official Quietly Leaves Pentagon
Guy Roberts’s abrupt departure in April comes amid a long exodus of senior officials under acting Secretary Patrick Shanahan.
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A Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons poster from the 1980s. Nuclear Disarmament’s Lessons for Climate Change.
If we can ban nukes, we can ban carbon emissions. Here’s how.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during the awarding ceremony of the Order of Parental Glory at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on May 30. Pentagon Wary of Russia-Iran Cooperation
Top Defense Department official warns Middle East allies that Moscow is not a reliable partner.
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Document of the Week: How JFK Tried to Stop Nuclear Proliferation
When a U.S. president threatened to cut support for Israel over nukes.
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President Donald J. Trump announces the withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in Washington on May 8, 2018. There Is No Check on Trump’s Rage Going Nuclear
An angry, entitled man has total control over devastating weapons.
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U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton speaks on a morning TV show from the grounds of the White House in Washington on May 9, 2018. U.S. Hard-line Stance on Iran Rattles Allies
As Trump’s national security team barrels toward a confrontation in the Persian Gulf, Europe is starting to balk.
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Iranians gather in Tehran during a demonstration to support the goverment's decision to pull out from the nuclear deal on May 10. Iranians Will Tolerate Hardship but Not Capitulation
Tehran’s recent nuclear policy announcements were driven by the inescapable constraints of domestic politics.
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Iranian demonstrators carry a portrait of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally in Tehran on May 10. US President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement in May of last year and reinstated unilateral economic sanctions. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) Iran Still Doesn’t Want an Escalation
The country may have threatened to walk away from the nuclear deal, but its actions say it may be prepared to stay.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House on May 22, 2018. Echoes of Iraq in Trump’s Confrontation with Iran
The rising tensions with Tehran bear disturbing similarities to the run-up to war in 2003. Chief among them: the presence of John Bolton.
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A portrait of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani with shoe marks over it during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people amid a wave of protests spreading throughout Iran in Paris on Jan. 3, 2018. Iran Sends a Threat, and Europe Scrambles
Some diplomats and experts worry the nuclear deal is on the verge of unraveling.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a cabinet meeting in Tehran on April 24. Rouhani’s Warning to Trump
The Iranian president’s remarks about the future of the Iran nuclear deal.
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A member of the Bolivarian National Police Special Forces Group holds his gun during an operation against criminal groups in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas on Jan. 25. Venezuela Is Armed to the Hilt
The country has assembled one of the largest stockpiles of weapons in the Western Hemisphere. Here’s how to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands.
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Sen. Richard Lugar speaks with reporters outside the Senate chamber in Washington on Dec. 15, 2010. Nunn on Lugar: The Nation Needs Him More Than Ever
Richard Lugar’s legacy could come undone as the world enters a nuclear hair-trigger period, his former Senate partner warns.
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington on April 22. Maximum Pressure on Iran Won’t Work
Trump’s new Iran sanctions will hurt the United States in the long term.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomes North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prior to their talks at the Far Eastern Federal University campus on Russky Island in Vladivostok, Russia, on April 25. What Putin Said to Kim
A transcript of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s remarks about his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
