Nuclear Weapons

List of Nuclear Weapons articles

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  Israel Is the Wrench in Biden’s Iran Policy

  The U.S. president-elect wants to reengage with Iran, but Israel has other plans.

  Dispatch

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  Neri Zilber

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  How Will Iran React to Another High-Profile Assassination?

  The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top nuclear scientist, will complicate the incoming Biden administration’s efforts to renew the nuclear deal—and could lead to escalation.

  Argument

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  Ariane Tabatabai

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  How Israel Should Prepare for Biden’s New Approach to Iran

  Israeli officials should urge the new administration to maintain U.S. economic leverage over Iran while avoiding the personal vendettas and public policy feuds of the Obama era.

  Argument

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  Eldad Shavit, Ari Heistein

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  U.S. Hostility With Iran Only Serves Hardliners on Both Sides

  The countries’ interests overlap in some key ways. Biden can work with that.

  Argument

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  Barbara Slavin

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  Does the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella Still Protect America’s Allies?

  The next president should move swiftly to reassure allies that the U.S. nuclear guarantee remains credible—or risk rapid nuclear proliferation.

  Election 2020

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  Ivo H. Daalder

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  Is India Overturning Decades of Nuclear Doctrine?

  The country has good reason to want first-strike capabilities. But the actual state of its arsenal suggests that it won’t get them.

  Argument

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  Harsh V. Pant, Yogesh Joshi

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  China’s Nuclear Program Baffled Soviet Intelligence

  Declassified documents show how Moscow struggled to understand Beijing’s efforts.

  Argument

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  Joseph Torigian

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  Trump Moves Closer to Renewing Nuclear Treaty With Russia

  But Russian negotiators still haven’t agreed to stepped-up verification of its nuclear warheads, a major sticking point.

  Report

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  Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer

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  Trump’s Foreign-Policy Adventures Haven’t All Flopped

  For all the chaos, the Trump administration has notched some notable victories abroad. The question is whether they outweigh everything else Trump brought to Washington—and the world.

  Analysis

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  Robbie Gramer

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  North Korea’s Huge New Missile Sends a Message to Washington

  In the military parade celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling communist party, Pyongyang showed its claws and sought to bolster domestic support for the regime.

  Report

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  Morten Soendergaard Larsen

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  U.S. Allies Worry Trump Administration Might Let Key Nuclear Treaty With Russia Die

  Internal documents acknowledge concern among allies about the expiration of the Obama-era New START accord, but U.S. negotiators are still playing hardball.

  Report

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  Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer

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  U.S. Isolated at U.N. as Push to Ramp Up Pressure on Iran Fails

  “We don’t need a cheering section,” said Trump’s U.N ambassador. But Washington does need international compliance to make snapback sanctions work.

  Report

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  Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch, Colum Lynch

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  For Iran, Negotiations Aren’t Optional

  With its economy in trouble, Tehran will have to talk to Washington. But the next administration shouldn’t rush things.

  Argument

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  Ariane Tabatabai, Henry Rome

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  The Czech Republic Is Caught in a Nuclear Tug of War

  Competition among China, Russia, and the West is taking the form of a battle to build reactors in Eastern Europe.

  Argument

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  Tim Gosling

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  North Korea Doesn’t Trust China to Protect It

  Pyongyang will never accept the shelter of another power’s nuclear umbrella.

  Argument

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  Monet Stokes