Iran’s nuclear agency chief, Mohammad Eslami, says that nuclear weapons have “no place” in the country’s military doctrine ...

The question of whether Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has authorised the development of nuclear weapons has taken on urgency following the devastating 12-day conflict with Israel in June. Israeli ...

Iran’s nuclear chief says nuclear weapons have “no place" in Iran’s doctrine, rejects US pressure ahead of IAEA meeting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed his government to submit proposals on the possible resumption of nuclear weapons testing in response to President Trump instructing the Pentagon to do ...

China has intentionally chosen to hide its nuclear doctrine as a core part of its strategy—exponentially increasing the risk of a nuclear catastrophe. During the Cold War, the United States and Soviet ...

Aerial view of Hiroshima, Japan, after atomic bombing of August 6, 1945. Whether a nuclear weapon might again be used by one nation against another is a question that has haunted the world for nearly ...

No one watching the world’s first nuclear test near Alamogordo, New Mexico, in July 1945 could have imagined today’s times when nine countries—openly or quietly—possess more than 12,200 nuclear ...

For more than two decades, Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have functioned as a strategic equaliser against India’s growing conventional superiority. Islamabad’s nuclear posture was never designed ...

For strategic reasons, China has intentionally remained opaque about its nuclear arsenal and delivery mechanisms—in stark contrast to the relative openness of the American and Russian programs.

This Issue Brief presents the findings of the artificial intelligence (AI) simulations conducted after The Heritage Foundation’s October 2025 tabletop exercise (TTX) on U.S.–China theater nuclear ...

The world watched anxiously as India and Pakistan exchanged ballistic missiles during what is now remembered as the 88-hour war of May 2025. Observers feared that an uncontrolled escalation could push ...

Russia’s nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile system has entered active service in Belarus, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as the U.S. efforts to broker a deal to end the nearly four-year war in ...