Global Security

Our experts continue to provide the latest analysis on nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat.

White House at night

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November 6, 2024

A New Trump Era Lies Ahead. Here’s How UCS Is Responding.

Kim Waddell
Acting President

A military aide carries the "nuclear football."

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November 6, 2024

Can Advocates Reduce Nuclear Dangers and Advance Nuclear Justice Under a Trump Administration?

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program

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October 29, 2024

Why the World Needs a New UN Study on the Effects of Nuclear War

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

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October 10, 2024

After the Election, Congress Must Help Victims of Radiation Exposure by Passing RECA

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

photo of a 2023 meeting between the US and China; President Xi Jinping and members of his staff sit on the left side of the table and President Joe Biden and members of his staff sit on the right side; flags of both countries are in the background

Adam Schultz/The White House

October 4, 2024

How to Avoid Misunderstanding Chinese Nuclear Weapons Policy

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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September 19, 2024

Is Russia Helping China Expand Its Nuclear Weapons Program?

Sulgiye Park
Senior Scientist

Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) and his delegation, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left), attend a meeting.

Vincent Thian/Getty Images

September 5, 2024

China Rejects US Theory of Great Power Competition

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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August 14, 2024

A Call for Government Agencies to Fill Research Gaps on Women’s Health

Chanese A. Forté
Scientist

photo of a Minuteman missile launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California streaking across the night sky over a suburban neighborhood

August 14, 2024

The Price of the Sentinel Nuclear Weapons Program Keeps Going Up—But the True Costs Are Even Higher

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

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July 24, 2024

China Suspended Nuclear Arms Control Talks With the US. Here’s Why.

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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Jeffrey Clayton/Unsplash

June 26, 2024

Congress Could Save $100B and Make Us Safer by Cancelling Sentinel

Eryn MacDonald
Global Security Analyst

June 24, 2024

What Xi Jinping Tells His Military About Taiwan

Robert Rust
China Analyst

June 13, 2024

Restoring American Deterrence Act Offers Blueprint for Nuclear Arms Race, But No Hope for Winning One

Robert Rust
China Analyst

May 8, 2024

The House Has Less Than Two Weeks to Save RECA

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

Jean-Marc Ferré/UN

April 1, 2024

Xi Jinping’s Thoughts on China’s Nuclear Weapons

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

a still from 2023's Oppenheimer movie directed by Christopher Nolan

Universal Pictures

March 12, 2024

Hollywood Rewards Nuclear Arms Control While Washington Dithers

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

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March 7, 2024

Wildfire Threat to Texas Nuclear Weapons Facility Highlights Intersecting Risks

Kristy Dahl
Principal Climate Scientist

Los Alamos National Lab

March 6, 2024

Three Things from Oppenheimer that Are Happening Again

Jennifer Knox
Policy & Research Analyst

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at an Executive Order signing on Artificial Intelligence, Monday, October 30, 2023 in the East Room of the White House.

The White House/Flickr

March 4, 2024

Artificial Intelligence and the Evolving Landscape of Nuclear Strategy

UCS Science Network

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February 27, 2024

The Deadly $125-Billion ICBM Boondoggle

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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February 13, 2024

Some Things You Need to Know About that New York Times Article on Chinese Nuclear “Ambition”

Gregory Kulacki
East Asia Project Manager

January 30, 2024

For People Who Have Been Poisoned by Radiation, the Fight Continues in 2024

Lilly Adams
Senior Outreach Coordinator

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January 29, 2024

Our Satellite Database Reaches a Milestone. We’ve Learned Much Along the Way

Laura Grego
Research Director, Senior Scientist

Universal Pictures

January 23, 2024

Remember the Human Cost of Nuclear Weapons: a Letter to the Cast and Crew of Oppenheimer

Tara Drozdenko
Director, Global Security Program