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Radar holes" leave one in five Americans vulnerable to surprise tornadoes
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (351+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Ema West | Voices of Tomorrow | April 9, 2026 If a tornado were about to hit your house, what would you do? Of course, your answer depends on your physical capabilities and your proximity to a basement or…...
Three-quarters of South Koreans want nuclear weapons. One variable could decide the rest
21+ hour, 44+ min ago (308+ words) By Gabriella Wangmu Zhaxi, April 8, 2026 On March 20, 2023, North Korea reportedly exploded a tactical nuclear weapon mounted on a missile in the air as part of a live-fire military drill simulating attacks on South Korea. Image: North Korean government / Korean Central…...
Building an audio experience for the Bulletin's journalism
19+ hour, 42+ min ago (111+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Adam Dombovari | What's New at the Bulletin | April 8, 2026 In this first iteration, the audio player is only available on standard free web articles. In the future, we plan to expand its use to multimedia and…...
A conflict of attrition: Iran's bet on asymmetric warfare
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (275+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Spenser A. Warren | Analysis | April 7, 2026 Tehran has impeded transit through the Strait of Hormuz, dominating a vital maritime chokepoint through which a significant portion of the world's fossil fuels and fertilizers transit. Illustration by: Corona Borealis…...
Trump's 'a whole civilization will die' threat against Iran exploits long-standing ambiguity over what Washington considers legal in war
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (449+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Ali Alkis, Ludovica Castelli | Analysis | April 7, 2026 The Bushehr nuclear power plant with its dome-shaped reactor building in the background. On April 4, a suspected Israeli attack reportedly killed an Iranian guard near the Bushehr nuclear plant…...
Responsibility in scholarship: a challenge to historian Benjamin Wilson and the Bulletin
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (92+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Barton J. Bernstein | Opinion | April 3, 2026 As a long-publishing nuclear history scholar who has also occasionally appeared in the Bulletin, I therefore want to state a number of concerns and questions, and hope to contribute, with substantial…...
What should be done about Iran's potential secret chemical and biological weapons programs?
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (450+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Christina Mc Allister, Richard T. Cupitt | Opinion | April 2, 2026 Tehran during US-Israeli airstrikes last month. Credit: Avash Media via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4. 0. The United States, Israel, and other countries have remained suspicious. They continue to monitor…...
Outdated language obscures the risks of autonomous weapons
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (615+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By Arthur Holland Michel | Opinion | April 2, 2026 For the last dozen years, international efforts to establish regulations for autonomous weapons have traced a series of widening circles. Why has this happened? Multilateral dysfunction is a factor. But…...
How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (148+ words) Follow our Iran coverage By George Perkovich | Analysis | April 2, 2026 Participation in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Countries in red or orange are non-members. But what about friends or semi-friends of the United States such as South Korea, Japan, Poland, Germany, and…...
Understanding the fragility of our planetary home: The legacy of Paul Ehrlich
1+ week, 1+ day ago (208+ words) By Michael E. Mann, Peter Gleick, John P. Holdren, March 31, 2026 The death of famed biologist Paul Ehrlich on March 13 at 93 has occasioned a flurry of commentary in the press and on social media, some of it thoughtful, some of it scurrilous, and…...