Tag: Nuclear Weapons
As Russia Digs In, What’s the Risk of Nuclear War? ‘It’s Not Zero.’
A major war raging on Russia’s and NATO’s borders. Increasingly bold Western military support. Russian threats of direct…
Pandemic Fears Give Way to a Rush for Bomb Shelters
BAGNOLO SAN VITO, Italy — Across a footbridge from a busy shopping outlet surrounded by verdant fields in…
India Accidentally Fires a Missile at Pakistan. Calm Ensues.
JAIPUR, India — One nuclear-armed state fired a cruise missile at another nuclear-armed state this week. They were…
U.S. Says North Korea Is Testing a New Intercontinental Missile
At the time of its public debut in October 2020 — at a North Korean military parade, as…
Washington’s Newest Worry: The Dangers of Cornering Putin
In fact, President Biden announced expanded sanctions on Thursday, aimed at Russia’s oligarch class. Many of those named…
Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation
WASHINGTON — When Vladimir V. Putin declared Sunday that he was putting his nuclear forces into “special combat…
Beyond Ukraine, Putin Eyes What He Calls America’s ‘Empire of Lies’
PARIS — President Vladimir V. Putin has ordered Russian troops into Ukraine but made clear his true target…
Beyond Ukraine, the Target Is What Putin Calls America’s ‘Empire of Lies’
PARIS — President Vladimir V. Putin has ordered Russian troops into Ukraine but made clear his true target…
Putin Spins a Conspiracy Theory That Ukraine Is on a Path to Nuclear Weapons
“It is a great tragedy,” said Rose Gottemoeller, who negotiated the New START arms control treaty with Russia…
Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Weapons 30 Years Ago. Today There Are Regrets.
At the end of the Cold War, the third largest nuclear power on earth was not Britain, France…