The crumbling architecture of arms control
At a political rally on Saturday 20 October President Trump announced that the US will withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty of 1987. This confirms what has steadily unfolded over…
An Alternative to the Continued Accumulation of Separated Plutonium in Japan: Dry Cask Storage of Spent Fuel
ABSTRACT As of the end of 2017, Japan had a stockpile of 48 tons of separated plutonium. It will take more than a decade for Japan to convert most of…
How much does Russia spend on nuclear weapons?
1 October 2018 Professor Julian Cooper For a full list of references and a detailed explanation of the methodology for this topical backgrounder, read the longer version hosted on the website…
It’s time to put an end to nuclear warfighting
The United States owns nearly half of the world’s nuclear stockpile and is on track to spend $1.5 trillion to upgrade every warhead in its massive arsenal. Hundreds of these…
9 Times The World Was At The Brink Of Nuclear War – And Pulled Back
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 marked the end of the World War II, and the beginning of the age of nuclear weapons. During the Cold…