Nuclear Strategy
China Reaffirms ‘No First Use’ Nuclear Weapons Policy at UN
China and India are the only two nuclear-armed countries that have no first use policies
Posted on October 19, 2022
Categories China reaffirmed this week...
In 1983 We Came Closer to Nuclear War Than We Knew:...
by Patrick Mazza
September 20, 2022
At the brink without knowing it
It was a time of heightened tension between the United States and the Soviet Union,...
China’s ‘Sputnik moment’ missile test confounds US
Nov 22, 2021
The hypersonic weapon test thought to have been conducted by China in July reportedly showcased a physics-defying technological leap, the Financial Times...
Irrationalism and Trump’s nuclear policy
Abstract of a report by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos to an international conference on NAM, organized by the Paris I Sorbonne and Havres Universities, on 20-22.2.2021
War,...
Democrats reintroduce bill to block US from using nuclear weapons first
By Rebecca Kheel
Apr. 15, 2021
A pair of leading Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced a bill Thursday to make it U.S. policy not...
US admiral warns of ‘real possibility’ of nuclear war with Russia,...
By Yaron Steinbuch
February 3, 2021
The admiral who heads the US Strategic Command — which is responsible for nuclear deterrence — is calling on the...
‘Putin’s proposal a non-starter’: White House rejects Russian call to extend...
16 Oct, 2020
Washington has refused President Vladimir Putin's offer to extend New START, the last remaining arms control treaty between the US and Russia,...
The START Treaty and the Chinese Debate on Nukes
In a world gone mad, China must build MORE NUKES to make disarmament possible
By Scott Ritter
12 May, 2020
As the US threatens to withdraw from...
Macron calls for coordinated EU nuclear defence strategy – with France...
By Julie Gaubert
10/02/2020
Addressing military officers in Paris on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron called for a more coordinated European Union defence strategy, with...
The low-yield nuclear warhead: A dangerous weapon based on bad strategic...
By Andrew Facini,
January 28, 2020
In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it’s often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease...