On Jan. 23, 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been to annihilation. Two weeks later, on Feb. 5, the New START treaty expired. Its expiration removed the last legally binding constraint on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals and the […]
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“Nothing But a Stain Will Remain”: Russia and the Baltics Threatening Nuclear War
The world has grown numb to the idea of nuclear war. Generations of children grew up practicing nuclear drills under their high school desks, as if fake wood covered in old gum and graffiti would fend off a nuclear winter. As a result, international media has given little coverage to the newest threats, dismissing them […]