This British television film didn’t rely on special effects spectacle or action-driven storytelling. Instead, it calmly and methodically depicted what a nuclear exchange would actually mean for ...

In 1984, HBO debuted the made-for-TV film Countdown to Looking Glass. Now, 38 years later, renewed tensions between the United States and Iran — including threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz ...

After decades, BBC's Threads, a haunting depiction of nuclear war, is getting a 4K release amid anticipation of its reboot ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly possible. A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise ...

In the many-sided conflict now underway against Iran (i.e., simultaneous and complementary operations led by the United States and Israel),[1] little concern has been expressed for a nuclear war. To ...

President Donald Trump and top defense officials are reportedly weighing whether to send ground troops to Iran in order to retrieve the country’s highly enriched uranium. However, the administration ...

Four decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is difficult to believe that we may again be on the brink of nuclear war. But that is the reality we face, and we can no longer afford to ignore this ...

Unfounded social media-fueled fears of WW3 have intensified following the Israel-US attacks on Iran after President Donald Trump told Americans military strikes were to "ensure that Iran does not ...

Image Credit: Oppenheimer and Crimson Tide (Image: Universal Pictures and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution) A nuclear war has always been one of humanity’s deepest fears, and that’s what makes these ...

Erin D. Dumbacher is the Stanton nuclear security senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. The United States has the power and a process to respond when it is under nuclear attack, but only ...