Books by Wellerstein and Holloway, and an edited collected from Herzog, Arceneaux, and Petrovics review nuclear history and policy.

David Holloway, a Stanford University-based but Dublin-born historian of the nuclear age, is more cautious about how ...

Wendy Sherman knows better than almost anyone that this didn’t have to happen, and that a better future was possible.

AI is being woven into military systems intended to help human commanders make decisions in times of crisis, but there is no real-world data for training machines about nuclear war.

A recent study has revealed that only two nations would endure a nuclear war. This alarming finding comes as tensions escalate, with the US and Israel, both nuclear-armed states, launching missile ...

Concerns about the potential for nuclear war have heated up recently after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, intending to stop that nation's quest for nuclear weapons. Even prior to the start of the ...

As global tensions escalate and fears of a third World War intensify, many people are questioning where they could seek safety should Russia move from nuclear threats to actual missile launches. These ...

In 1984, HBO debuted the made-for-TV film Countdown to Looking Glass. Now, 38 years later, renewed tensions between the United States and Iran — including threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ...

Last year, President Donald Trump shocked many people when he instructed the government to resume nuclear testing “on an equal basis” with China and Russia. This statement seemed to suggest that our ...

Military strategists use game theory to evaluate possible strategies—but there are limits to what this approach to ...