China and Russia have expressed concern that AUKUS, the US, the UK and Australian program to provide nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, will weaken nuclear global nonproliferation policy. China on Tuesday accused the US, Britain and Australia of treading a "path of error and danger."
Information from SBIRS satellites would meaningfully increase security for the two Northeast Asian allies against Pyongyang’s growing missile threat.
For some analysis of the strategic implications of the AUKUS deal, Rachel Mealey spoke to James Acton - a nuclear expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Carnegie's James Acton speaks about AUKUS with Carole Walker on Times Radio.
Australia is now well on its way to becoming just the seventh country to have a nuclear-powered submarine.
One year after Russia’s assault and takeover of the Zaporizhzhia plant, Russians and Ukrainians face decisions about the operation status of the six reactors that will significantly impact nuclear safety and security.
Since the war began in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has threatened to use nuclear weapons. Now, he's backing out of a nuclear agreement with the United States which limits the amount of nuclear warheads both nations can stockpile. But why?
Vladimir Putin sent anti-diplomatic shock waves around the world when he announced that Russia was suspending its implementation of the New START arms control agreement last week.
In a grave warning to the United States, Kim Jong-un laid out his guiding principles for responding to any of its military advances in the upcoming year: “nuke for nuke” and “all-out confrontation for an all-out confrontation”.
So, what was it about this particular incident that generated such swift, bipartisan calls for a military response?