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Nuclear, Science & Security

DOE, NNSA, LANL, peer laboratories, nonproliferation, nuclear energy, and international security.

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Golden Dome Is Technologically and Financially Infeasible

For as long as nuclear-armed, intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles have existed, strategists and engineers have pursued a seductive idea: a shield effective enough to diminish — or even block — a ballistic missile attack.

  • Cogs of War
  • Defense Policy
  • Missiles
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Space
Deep Read War on the Rocks Analysis Analysis

How Sudan Became a Laboratory for Drone Warfare, Thanks to Abu Dhabi

In June 2026, I visited Khartoum, my hometown, for the first time since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023. But the growing drone warfare that is spreading over Sudan threatens the return of hopeful Sudanese

  • Commentary
  • Drones
  • Sudan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • defense
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When a Social Media Mob Came for Cornell’s Jane Doe

After a former student named seven men in a lawsuit saying they had sexually assaulted her, a movement gained steam online to reveal her identity.

  • Colleges and Universities
  • Cornell University
  • Cyberharassment
  • Right-Wing Extremism and Alt-Right
  • Sex Crimes