This article appeared in History of War magazine issue 152. CIA analysts gathered around U-2 spy plane photographs taken of Cuban military facilities. With horror, they realised they had just ...

One of the least-discussed but most consequential outcomes of the resurgence of major-power rivalries is the return of nuclear weapons to the center of international politics. The global salience of ...

For many people who grew up during the Cold War era, the fear of a nuclear clash between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was very real. But after the Soviet Union fell, that nuclear escalation ratcheted ...

Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race. For many people who grew up during the Cold War era, the fear of a ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers cautioned against ushering in a nuclear arms race in the Middle East after the United States and Saudi Arabia said they signed an initial agreement on ...

The new nuclear race has begun. But unlike during the Cold War, the U.S. must prepare for two peer rivals rather than one—at a time when it has lost its clear industrial and economic edge. China, ...