[CONTAINS SPOILERS!] Although a work of fiction, A House of Dynamite depicts how U.S. national security organizations interact with accuracy. While there has never been a crisis along the lines of the attack on the United States portrayed in the movie, the screenwriter and director present a reasonable version of how U.S. government officials might […]
Why ‘Tactical’ Nuclear Weapons Are Anything But ‘Usable’
By Julia Cooper, Fall 2025 Policy Intern Vague threats of the use of nuclear weapons, especially tactical ones, have been a critical tool of Russia’s rhetoric around its invasion of Ukraine. Russian drills practicing the use of these weapons have been numerous since the invasion and were further exemplified last month with the Zapad-2025 military […]
One Person’s Pre-Watch Guide to ‘A House of Dynamite’
By Farah Sonde Just in time for Halloween, Netflix is dropping a new nuclear thriller that fits the “spooky season” mantra. A House of Dynamite, the new film directed by Kathryn Bigelow, will hit select theaters October 10 and will stream on Netflix starting October 24. The film’s new trailer delivers multiple hints about what’s […]
Intangible Threats: How Uncontrolled Knowledge Fuels Proliferation
by Mathew Montiel* How do we govern knowledge? Can we control knowledge? If I gave you blueprints for an LGM-35 Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, could you build it? Thankfully, most of us could not. But it’s not because we can’t figure it out; it’s because there are still significant gaps between expertise, infrastructure and materials […]
Hope is Not a Strategy
By John Erath Regular readers of this blog will be aware of our Next Up in Arms Control series, commonly referred to as NUAC, in which we give new authors an opportunity to share their thoughts and ideas on how to mitigate nuclear threats and make the world safer. One of the best parts of […]
