Florence Gaub and Stefan Mair argue that the U.S. nuclear umbrella “for decades has shielded the continent from outside threats.” The underlying assumption is that having a nuclear umbrella is ...

Pope Leo XIV says peace is not only possible but necessary. In his first peace message issued Thursday, Leo blasted the ...

Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Moscow’s blatant threats to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine’s supporters have confronted Western public opinion with the danger of nuclear escalation for the first ...

The U.S. president can order a nuclear launch without consulting anyone, including Congress, and U.S. nuclear weapons have ...

Ending the Ukraine War will ultimately require some US-Russia nuclear arms agreement. As the United States, Russia, Ukraine, ...

Extended nuclear deterrence has faced questions about its credibility since the concept was formed in the early Cold War era.

Japan restated its commitment not to possess nuclear weapons amid discussions about the need for nuclear deterrence due to ...

The 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron test-loads an unarmed B61-12 bomb, which can be outfitted with a nuclear warhead, on a B-2 Spirit bomber on June 13, 2022 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.

The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to providing extended deterrence to South Korea during its first meeting of a ...

The Cold War ended in 1991. The United States’ commitment to prevent its adversaries’ nuclear ambitions and to extend its nuclear arsenal as an umbrella of protection to its partners has remained ...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says that he’s ready to start discussions on nuclear deterrence with European allies. Macron has hinted that France could help to protect other nations ...

Workers at Sandia National Laboratories prepare the B61-12 nuclear bomb for a vibration test. (NNSA photo) Russia’s attack on Ukraine and Moscow’s blatant threats to use nuclear weapons against ...