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DOOMSDAY CLOCK: A Cinematic Ticking Device or a Cautionary Watchdog?

by Nelly Kalu | May 17, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security

Before the war in Ukraine and Putin’s invasion, scientists at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and caretakers of the Doomsday Clock–observing the deterioration of affairs between the United States and Russia–sensed an impending disaster and moved...

Policing of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation is Failing Without The U.S and Russia

by Nelly Kalu | May 17, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security

                                                            Laurentiu Morariu/Unsplash As part of the theme on nuclear threats and security for this year’s WPI program, we met with Rachel Bronson, the president and CEO of the Bulletin of The Atomic Scientists, a...
China-U.S. competition need not erupt into war

China-U.S. competition need not erupt into war

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | May 16, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security, Policy, Political Coverage, Politics, WPI Activities

China believes democracy is in decline and the era of a unipolar world order dominated by the United States is all but over. In that context, one wonders where the world is headed, and if we are going to see a war involving China and the United States. Michael McFaul,...
Time seen as ally in sanctions vs. Russia

Time seen as ally in sanctions vs. Russia

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | May 14, 2022 | Nuclear Threats and Security, Policy, Political Coverage, Politics, WPI Activities

Are the sanctions, which have not deterred Vladimir Putin thus far, likely to be effective in Russia? Michael McFaul, an American academic and diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Russia (2012-14), believes it might lead to the end of Putinism in the long...
South Asia’s nuclear jitters

South Asia’s nuclear jitters

by Meghdeep Bhattacharyya | May 7, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security, Policy, Politics, WPI Activities

The South Asia equation, given nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan, India and China, with testy ties, is one that is “the most disturbing, the most unsettling,” according to Paul Carroll, a well-regarded expert on nuclear weapons programs. Carroll is director of the...
What will happen, and where, on the upcoming Russian Victory Day May 9?

What will happen, and where, on the upcoming Russian Victory Day May 9?

by Pauliina Grym | May 3, 2022 | Nuclear Policy and Security, Nuclear Threats and Security, Personal Reflections, Politics

For years, I have watched Russia putting up parades more and more pompous celebrating their victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 every May 9. The Victory Day military parade through Red Square has been an almost painfully nationalistic display of power. I wondered, why...

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