Not long ago, many people thought of hackers as men in basements, sitting in front of several screens and with green text on them, like they...
Nuclear Policy and Security
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Forgotten threat – nuclear annihilation
In February 2020, I listened to the Sam Harris podcast “Making Sense”. American philosopher and neuroscientist Harris sat down with Fred Kaplan, the...
Is it possible the war in Ukraine is bad for nuclear non-proliferation?
Allusions to the use of nuclear weapons at the very beginning of the war in Ukraine worried people in Eastern Europe. People like my grandmother in...
Will the JCPOA see the light of day again?
It is realistic to argue the global race to nuclear energy is largely a quest for security and military leverage rather than a genuine willingness...
Two minutes to midnight
I grew up in a border town in Finland. The nearest Russian town, Svetogorsk, was only a few miles away from my home. Living so near to a gigantic...
Nuclear Weapons Treaty, the unfulfilled Promise
Abolishing nuclear weapons may seem like an idealistic, even utopian objective. But so too did banning land mines. And chemical and biological...