The New Nuclear Dawn: Threat of Atomic Weapons Grows as U․S․, Russia and China Renew Arms Race
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Seventy-five years after the dropping of the first atomic bomb in Hiroshima, one nuclear non-proliferation after the other is lapsing․ A new arms race is already taking shape between Russia, the United States and China․

UN Official: The Nuclear Risk Is “Higher Than in the Darkest Days of the Cold War”
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In an interview, Izumi Nakamitsu, the United Nations’ leading disarmament official, warns that the risk of a nuclear war is greater than ever․ She says that the lack of dialogue between nations has created an extremely dangerous situation today․

International Atomic Energy Agency Chief: “It Is an Undeniable Fact that Nuclear Energy Is Clean Energy”
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In an interview, Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, discusses the Iran deal, the aspirations of countries like Saudi Arabia to develop nuclear power, and why he believes the controversial energy source is still green․

Indo-Pacific Arms Race: The U․S․ and China Face Off in the Far East
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Chinese warplanes over the Taiwan Strait, nuclear-powered submarines for Australia, hypersonic rockets in North Korea: Military posturing has turned the Far East into a dangerous place․

A European Bomb: Debate over Nuclear Deterrence Heats Up in the EU
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Putin's war has unleashed a debate in Berlin that has been taboo for decades: Does Europe need a share nuclear deterrence of its own?

Difficult Questions:
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The EU faces difficult questions that need to be debated now rather than later․ Europe needs a strong deterrent against Moscow, and that will only be possible if France and Germany team up to advance the debate․

Interview: "Dealing with Horrible Leaders Is Part of the History of International Relations"
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Harvard University political scientist Graham Allison argues that Vladimir Putin has no inhibitions and could even resort to the use of a tactical nuclear weapon․ He believes we will ultimately have to negotiate with the Russian president in the end, just as we did with Stalin and Mao․

Analyst on Tehran's Nuclear Game: What Iran Wants for a New Deal
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Tehran could be capable of building a nuclear weapon within just a few weeks․ In an interview, scholar Nasser Hadian says that Tehran is interested in more than just calculated provocation - and discusses what the West should do next․