TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CITES NUCLEAR CONCERNS AS REASON FOR WAR IN IRAN On February 28, in the midst of diplomatic negotiations on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, the United States and Israel carried out a coordinated military operation against Iran. The Trump administration cited anxiety over Iran’s nuclear weapons program as one of the confusing and sometimes contradictory justifications […]
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Front and Center: February 23, 2026
NEW START EXPIRES AS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, UNITED STATES MEET IN GENEVA Tuesday will mark four years since Russia began its illegal invasion of Ukraine. Russia, Ukraine and the United States held talks in Geneva last week but did not reach any resolutions, as Russia continues to demand land concessions that Ukraine will not accept. (We explained in a recent blog post why this is the wrong […]
Front and Center: January 17, 2026
FEBRUARY 5 BEGINS NEW AGE WITHOUT TREATY-MANDATED NUCLEAR RESTRAINT In less than three weeks, we will wake up in a world we have not known in more than 50 years: one without constraints on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) is no longer in force beginning February 5, leaving Russia […]
Front and Center: November 23, 2025
TRUMP’S AMBIGUOUS NUCLEAR TESTING REMARKS SPARK CONFUSION, ALARM Last month, President Donald Trump posted on social media that he had ordered the Department of Defense to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” to other countries. Since then, he has doubled down on these comments even as his own administration officials have tried to walk them back. […]
Front and Center: October 27, 2025
‘A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE’ PROVIDES RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR CULTURAL RESONANCE A House of Dynamite is a new nuclear thriller from famed director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Noah Oppenheim that dives deep into the nuclear launch process and explores how a fictional White House would respond to an incoming nuclear attack, including through the use of missile defense. It was […]
