Soot thrown into the atmosphere would block out the sun, causing crops to fail and people to go hungry.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Nuclear war
Displaying 81 - 100 of 109 articles
The most viable nonmilitary solution to the standoff with North Korea is to get China to apply pressure. But that’s not so easy.
Refresh your knowledge on the origins of North Korea’s nuclear threat and the options world leaders have to deal with it.
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
A scholar who has profiled the likes of Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
The key question is whether North Korea does have nuclear weapons that it can readily use against the United States and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan.
South Korea must seek to strike a balance in its respective strategic and economic relationships.
Talks begin today at the United Nations to negotiate a total ban of nuclear weapons. Over 3,600 scientists have signed an open letter supporting the ban.
The use of nuclear weapons – arguably the most devastating of all weapons of mass destruction – is currently not necessarily prohibited under international law.
The powers that be don’t want to scare us.
Tensions in Asia may soon boil over. If U.S. leaders fail to seek pathways to peace, the consequences may be grim, warns former National Security Council member.
Claims of the destructive powers of nuclear weapons have, for good reasons, been greatly exaggerated.
Although North Korea’s recent missile test is unlikely to have been an ICBM, they are likely to have a medium range missile that could hit South Korea in a few years.
Nuclear bunkers are familiar Cold War artefacts, but many have been re-purposed or lie derelict.
Beijing has traditionally retained its nuclear weapons on a no-first-use basis, but it’s ready to deploy them more assertively.
It’s two and a half minutes to midnight according to the Doomsday Clock. But what is the clock and why should we pay attention?
This year saw nuclear weapons tested, stockpiles renewed, and disasters remembered.
In early December, the nations of the world are poised to take an historic step on nuclear weapons. Yet Australia sticks out like a sore thumb among Asia-Pacific nations in arguing against change.
Donald Trump will soon have command of thousands of nuclear weapons. This presents a new and unknown threat to global security - and an urgent incentive for all states to ban nuclear weapons.
What’s the worst that could happen after the US election? As ever, “preppers” are ready for the total collapse of society.
Top contributors
-
Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
-
Professor of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
-
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of California, Merced
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
-
Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
-
Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia
-
Professor at the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS, University of London
-
Lecturer, London School of Economics and Political Science
-
Founding director of the Nuclear Knowledges program, Sciences Po
-
Associate Professor of International Relations, American University School of International Service
-
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Liberal Arts, Richmond American International University
-
Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
-
Honorary Principal Fellow, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
-
Lecturer, Aberystwyth University
-
Lecturer, University of Aberdeen
