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U.S. Ambassador to China: 'North Korea Is the Biggest Threat to Humankind'
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
A Radioactive Cloud from Russia Swept Over Europe — and No One Knows Why
By Jamie Ducharme
President Trump Changes His Tune on North Korea
By Charlie Campbell / Seoul
President Trump, North Korea and a Brief History of Nuclear Threats
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"What happens in N.K. also happens in other places," says Cheehyung Harrison Kim. "Why N.K.’s problems are seen as unique and different is really the important question."
By Erik Moshe / History News Network
August 21, 2017
Why Americans Stopped Building Fallout Shelters
"Shelters against atomic and hydrogen bombs are nothing but coffins and tombs prepared in advance," the Soviet Defense Minister said in 1962
By Lily Rothman
August 11, 2017
The U.S. Contemplated a Nuclear Confrontation in North Korea in 1953. We Can Learn From That Moment
Leaders discussed the use of atomic weapons in Korea in a meeting in March of 1953
By David Kaiser
April 14, 2017
Whoever Becomes South Korea's New Leader Has Three Options for Dealing With Kim Jong Un
There are calls in South Korea for a softer approach to Pyongyang
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
March 10, 2017
North Korea Tests China's Patience With Timely Missile Launches
The tests undermine Beijing's global leadership credentials in the Donald Trump era
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
March 6, 2017
When Donald Trump Tried to Meet With a Russian Leader in the 1980s
In 1988, Trump invited Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev to dinner at the Trump Tower
By Lily Rothman
October 18, 2016
North Korea Is Desperate for Aid. But Its Nuclear Policy Means It Won't Be Getting Much of It
Despite devastation in country’s northeast, military tests continue, reducing chance of vital aid donations
By Charlie Campbell / Beijing
September 21, 2016
North Korea 'Tests New Rocket Engine'
The engine could represent a significant advance in Pyongyang's space program
By Tekendra Parmar
September 20, 2016
Why the International Day Against Nuclear Tests Is Special This Year
The Aug. 29 date marks 25 years since a major Soviet Union nuclear test site in Kazakhstan closed
By Julia Zorthian
August 29, 2016
Obama Becomes First Sitting President to Visit Hiroshima
“Seventy-one years ago, on a bright cloudless morning, death fell from the sky and the world was changed"
By Simon Lewis
May 27, 2016
China Won't Allow War on Korean Peninsula, Xi Says
"This situation would not benefit anyone," the Chinese leader said
By Rishi Iyengar
April 28, 2016
Chernobyl at 30: How Attempts to Contain the Radiation Failed
Trains full of contaminated meat roamed the USSR for years, leaving a trail of radioactivity, looking for a town willing to accept the cargo
By Kate Brown
April 26, 2016
Ukraine Observes 30th Anniversary of Chernobyl
The 1986 tragedy remains the worst nuclear accident in history
By Rishi Iyengar
April 26, 2016
Obama Expresses 'Concerns' on Iran in Saudi Arabia
Even after the nuclear deal, the U.S. and its allies continue to worry
By Alexander Smith / NBC News
April 21, 2016
U.S. and China Agree to Deter North Korea Nuclear Tests
"We're going to discuss how we can discourage action like nuclear missile tests"
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
April 1, 2016
China Unblocks Online Searches of Kim Jong Un as a 'Pig'
Experts say it may be a sign of China's displeasure with Kim's nuclear buildup
By Rishi Iyengar
March 11, 2016
The Workers Trying to Save Fukushima
Five years on, the cleanup workers of Fukushima are still on the job
By Hannah Beech
March 3, 2016
How the Fukushima Disaster Affected Food Safety
Radioactivity from the nuclear disaster can still be found in some fish, but Japanese regulators have kept the food chain safe
By Justin Worland
February 29, 2016
What You Should Know About That Top-Secret U.S. Nuclear Hit List
Recently declassified documents shed light on top-secret Cold War plans
By Lily Rothman
December 23, 2015
How We Could Benefit From Training Foreign Forces
These are today's best ideas
By The Aspen Institute
December 15, 2015
U.S. Prepares Iranian Nuclear Sanctions Relief
But Tehran must take care of its side of the bargain first
By Mark Rivett-Carnac
October 19, 2015
Revolutionary Fervor Isn't What It Used to Be in Post-Nuclear Deal Iran
60% of Iranians are under 35, and they're more interested in Western fashion than the Islamic Revolution
By Kay Armin Serjoie
September 23, 2015
U.S. Warns North Korea on Nukes
Experts believe Pyongyang is capable of creating one nuclear bomb's worth of plutonium every year
By Lisa Spear
September 15, 2015
Retired Generals Wage Letter War Over Iran Nuclear-Deal Vote
The Pentagon's new dead-letter office
By Mark Thompson
August 27, 2015
Lockheed Martin Nuclear Subsidiary Fined for Paying Lobbyists with Federal Funds
The Sandia Corporation has agreed to reimburse the Energy Department after allegedly spending federal funds on lobbying instead of national security
By Patrick Malone / Center for Public Integrity
August 24, 2015
The Strange Story of the First People to Die From Nuclear Weapons During Peacetime
Seventy years ago, a young physicist made a tragic mistake
By Lily Rothman
August 21, 2015
Read a Schoolboy's Eyewitness Account of Hiroshima
Years after the atomic bombing, Yoshitaka Kawamoto told TIME what he experienced on Aug. 6, 1945
By Lily Rothman
August 6, 2015
When the U.S. Army Brought Reporters to a Still-Hot Atomic Test Site
The first nuclear weapon test took place on July 16, 1945
By Lily Rothman
July 16, 2015
See How the 2016 Field Reacted to the Iran Nuclear Deal
What the presidential candidates are saying
By Julia Lull
July 15, 2015
Obama Attacks Critics of Iran Nuclear Deal
The President comes out swinging
By Michael Scherer
July 15, 2015
What to Know About the Iran Nuclear Deal
A brief guide to what happened and what's next
By Michael Scherer
July 14, 2015
Key Leader Says Iran 'Never Closer' to a Deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed optimism that a deal could be reached in talks between Iran and six world powers over the country's nuclear program, he said in a YouTube video shot from...
By Jay Newton-Small
July 3, 2015
The U.S. and Israel Are Divided — and That Won't Change
Obama and Netanyahu don't like each other, but Israel and the U.S. will have problems even when they're both out of office
By Ian Bremmer
April 2, 2015
Who Are the Nuclear Scofflaws?
Surprise: The US is on the list. So is Russia. But Iran? Nope
By History News Network
March 30, 2015
These 5 Facts Explain the State of Iran
Sanctions, demographics, oil and cyberwarfare
By Ian Bremmer
March 27, 2015
The Middle East Nuclear Race Is Already Under Way
While the U.S. and other world powers work to constrain Iran's nuclear program, five rival nations plan atomic programs
By Karl Vick
March 23, 2015
When Mushroom Clouds Were All the Rage
Jan. 27, 1951: The first atomic bomb is detonated at the Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nev.
By Jennifer Latson
January 27, 2015
How the Atomic Age Left Us a Half-Century of Radioactive Waste
Dealing with nuclear waste at a plant in Washington State has proved an intractable problem. Why?
By Kate Brown
January 21, 2015
The Nuclear Disaster You Never Heard of
How the United States whitewashed (literally) a nuclear accident in Spain that still hasn’t been cleaned up
By History News Network
January 16, 2015
More Band-Aids for the Nation’s Ailing Nuclear-Weapons Force
Pentagon beefs up spending to keep yesterday’s weapons ready for tomorrow
By Mark Thompson
November 14, 2014
Nuke Cache Needs Makeover
“Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in securing U.S. national security”
By Denver Nicks
November 14, 2014
The Nuclear-Safety Activist Whose Mysterious Death Inspired a Movie
Nov. 13, 1974: A plutonium plant worker and activist dies in a mysterious car crash on her way to expose the plant’s lax safety record
By Jennifer Latson
November 13, 2014
Five Best Ideas of the Day: October 20
1. Early intervention for young people could halt schizophrenia before it starts. By Amy Standen at National Public Radio 2. Next generation air traffic control management can reduce delays and frustration at the airport. By...
By The Aspen Institute
October 20, 2014
India Test-Fires Nuclear Missile
The weapon is called Nirbhay, which means fearless
By Rishi Iyengar
October 17, 2014
India, Pakistan In Prolonged Border Conflict
Border skirmishes are common between the South Asian neighbors, but the weeklong confrontation is the most serious such escalation in nearly a decade
By Rishi Iyengar
October 10, 2014
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