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Together, we can build a world where nuclear weapons can never be used again.

10/15/2026

The proposed Golden Dome missile defense system faces significant technological and financial hurdles.

In a new analysis by Laura Grego of Union of Concerned Scientists and physicist Frederick Lamb—published in War on the Rocks—they estimate that a robust space-based defense against even a limited attack could cost trillions of dollars over 20 years, and that the United States should prioritize diplomacy and arms control to reduce nuclear risks.

Read the full analysis ⬇

For as long as nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles have existed, strategists and engineers have

10/14/2026

In a recent piece for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Filippa Lentzos and Yong-Bee Lim examine the assumptions behind Annie Jacobsen’s book, Biological War: A Scenario, and how they shape public understanding of biological weapons and catastrophic risk.

Their analysis highlights why effective biosecurity policy must distinguish between hypothetical capabilities and demonstrated threats while accounting for how biological science can be misused.

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Following recent reports of a death at a secretive Siberian disease research lab, author Annie Jacobsen has become a sought-after media interview. Some interviewers are now casting Jacobsen's new bestseller on biological war as almost a "true story." But the catastrophe Jacobsen inaccurately present...

10/12/2026

Forty years ago today, US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met in Reykjavík, Iceland, for a historic summit that brought the world remarkably close to a deal to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Though they didn’t reach an agreement that weekend, their negotiations helped lay the groundwork for subsequent arms-control agreements and demonstrated that even entrenched adversaries can imagine a safer, more secure future.

In a piece for Ploughshares' Story Center, Charles Crosby examines The Brink of War—a new film dramatizing the Reykjavík Summit—and reflects on what its story says about the power of diplomacy today.

“Negotiation is itself a form of power,” he writes.

Read The Brink of War: How a New Film Depicts Diplomacy on the Big Screen:

There is something genuinely refreshing about a new Hollywood film that takes nuclear diplomacy seriously.

10/07/2026

In a new piece for the Center for International Policy, Samuel Ratner—policy director at—Win Without War Education Fund, argues that rejecting Trump's US–Saudi nuclear deal is only the first step toward addressing the growing risk of nuclear proliferation in the region.

“The underlying regional challenge will remain,” Ratner writes, calling for a broader vision of regional denuclearization to counter emerging nuclear competition.

A full denuclearization of the Middle East offers a robust, progressive alternative to Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi.

10/06/2026

A new analysis from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists challenges that nuclear deterrence and disarmament are opposing goals. Authors Lauren Sukin, Luis Rodriguez, and Stephen Herzog draw on a survey of more than 27,000 people across 24 countries to examine how people around the world think about nuclear weapons.

Their finding: Many people simultaneously support maintaining nuclear weapons for deterrence while also supporting their eventual elimination.

The research suggests that this apparent contradiction may actually create space for creative diplomacy, through approaches that address immediate security concerns while working toward reducing nuclear risks over the long term.

Read “The nuclear paradox: Why the world wants both deterrence and disarmament”:

A landmark 24-country study reveals that a majority of people worldwide embraces both nuclear deterrence and disarmament, exposing a pragmatic—rather than confused—flexibility that gives policymakers rare leeway for creative diplomacy.

10/05/2026

When Nuclear Futures Fellow Ali Alkis (NATO Defense College) started his PhD, he realized there was a critical gap when describing the risk of the weaponization of nuclear facilities, such as the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in 2022.

Ali's approach to address this gap led to the development of "nuclear piracy," which he defines as "the illicit acquisition, manipulation, and exploitation of nuclear materials and facilities for strategic purposes"—though he is already planning the next phase of research that will expand the scope.

In this reflection on our Story Center, Ali credits the "support, conversations, and community found through the [Nuclear Futures] Fellowship" that gave him the "confidence to keep developing ideas that may not always fit neatly into existing categories". "Nuclear piracy" was recently cited by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and in August, Ali received the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Early Career Award.

Read Ali's journey to this research and the Fellowship, plus access his full capstone, here: https://loom.ly/VlTNeO8

Nuclear Futures Fellow Ali Alkis shares his journey to the Fellowship and about his capstone research on "nuclear piracy".

10/02/2026

A new report brings together experts with different perspectives on the future of nuclear deterrence and arms control.

“U.S. Future Options for Nuclear Deterrence and Arms Control,” from the Geneva Graduate Institute and MIT Security Studies Program, examines the choices facing policymakers and the assumptions behind different approaches to nuclear strategy, deterrence, and arms control.

We are proud to support research that brings these perspectives into conversation and strengthens the debate over the future of nuclear security.

Read the report ⬇️
https://loom.ly/TU5_w4k

The size of China's nuclear arsenal is increasing, though its pace and objectives remain poorly understood, raising fundamental questions about U.S. deterrence and an arms-control system designed for a different era. Experts disagree sharply on the response — some call for renewed nuclear dominanc...

09/30/2026

A recent The New Yorker piece examines Iran’s latest proposal for ending the fighting and the mistrust standing in the way of diplomacy.

Ali Vaez of International Crisis Group describes Tehran’s proposal as a “heads I win, tails you lose” proposition: if Washington accepts, Iran secures a deal on favorable terms. If it rejects it, Tehran can argue that the US is the obstacle to diplomacy.

Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association, calls the proposal a “can’t-ignore option” that could provide an off-ramp from the war.

Read the full piece by Robin Wright in The New Yorker ⬇️ https://loom.ly/qUHumMo

After a heated week at the U.N. General Assembly, a new ceasefire proposal between the U.S. and Iran came and apparently went.

09/29/2026

Negar Mortazavi, Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, a Ploughshares grantee, joined NPR/WAMU’s 1A yesterday—which marked seven months of the US war with Iran—to discuss the state of the conflict, the costs of continued fighting, and the prospects for diplomacy.
https://loom.ly/i5s0Rws

Iran’s foreign minister told Meet the Press that Iran is prepared for war to resume.

09/24/2026

How do we show our neighbors that the footprints of nuclear weapons track across our own backyards? And how do we help our neighbors care?

These were the two guiding questions Emma Sandifer (Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation) set out to answer over the course of her Nuclear Futures Fellowship. The result is Neighbors Against Nukes, a one-stop shop to learn how nuclear weapons have impacted our communities.

Read more about Emma's project on our Story Center: https://loom.ly/8WN3o9M

Explore the Neighbors Against Nukes map: https://loom.ly/6yeG9dk

During my time as a Nuclear Futures Fellow, I spent one year mapping the footprint of nuclear weapons in our neighborhoods.

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