The headlines on the state of nuclear weapons in recent days have been dire.

On Sept. 12, the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy hosted a promotional screening and discussion of Paul Jay’s documentary “How to Stop a Nuclear War” ...

With doomsday nuclear weapons the last remnant of Russia's superpower status, President Vladimir Putin is stepping up threats to use them against Western powers aiding Ukraine. (Photo by Alexander ...

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly possible. A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise ...

After the Cold War ended, our terror of nuclear war faded from the screen. Now it’s resurgent — and more fatalistic than ever ...

Erin D. Dumbacher is the Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The United States has the power and a process to respond when it is under nuclear attack, but only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I had a similar thought several times while watching A House of Dynamite—this is how it could very well happen, how the people at ...

I survived a night sleeping in a Nuclear War Bunker in the Czech Republic but I honestly wasn't very happy doing it. I was totally and completely freaked out and almost didn't make it through the ...

This profile is part of a series on students who have received fall research awards to pursue faculty-mentored, independent projects. Tran's research is supported by the Davis Fund. In 2024, during a ...