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Here is the Nuclear Policy News for
Monday, January 5, 2026.
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Nuclear
Policy News – January 5, 2026
United
States
ESSAY: The
Pillars of the Global Nuclear Order
Are Cracking
Foreign Policy - Rebecca
Lissner, Erin Dumbacher
January 5, 2026
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Article Here
U.S. allies and partners are taking
steps toward a post-American nuclear
order.
Trump’s new ‘Trump-Class’
battleship will carry nuclear
weapons
Politico
December 22, 2025
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Article Here
President Donald Trump unveiled plans
for a “Trump-class” battleship on
Monday that will carry nuclear-armed
cruise missiles — the first time a
surface ship will be armed with such
weapons since the Cold War.
OPINION: The Necessity of
Testing Our Nuclear Weapons
RealClear Defense - Bob Peters
December 22, 2025
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Article Here
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s recent
announcement that the U.S. will resume
testing nuclear weapons has alarmed
some nuclear-arms experts. It
shouldn’t. President Trump had already
announced earlier this year that a
resumption of testing “on an equal
basis” with Russia and China,
something the United States hasn’t
done since 1992, would be necessary.
Europe/Russia
Why a Nuclear Plant Is a Big
Sticking Point in the Ukraine Peace
Plan
New York Times
January 2, 2026
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Article Here
The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by
Russia, would be crucial to powering
Ukraine’s postwar recovery.
Russia claims to have moved
nuclear-capable missile system into
Belarus
Gaurdian
December 30, 2025
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Article Here
Russia said its latest nuclear-capable
missile system has been deployed in
Belarus, a day after Moscow claimed
that Ukraine had carried out a
large-scale drone attack on Vladimir
Putin’s residence.
OPINION: Lessons from the
UN’s first resolution on AI in
nuclear command and control
The Bulletin - Alice Saltini
December 22, 2025
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Article Here
The divide over the resolution
reflects long-standing fault lines in
the nuclear landscape (particularly
within the NPT) that have become more
split in recent years.
Middle
East
OPINION: Iran’s Refusal to
Dial Back Nuclear Program Lit Fuse
on Currency Crisis
Wall Street Journal
January 2, 2026
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Article Here
Government sticks with program despite
crippling Western sanctions, as
protests continue and Trump warns
against a bloody crackdown
Netanyahu raised possible
"round 2" strikes on Iran with Trump
Axios
December 31, 2025
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Article Here
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu discussed the possibility of
attacking Iran again in 2026 during
his meeting with President Trump on
Monday, according to a U.S. official
and two additional U.S. sources
familiar with the details of the
meeting.
Killing the ‘brain trust’: How
Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear
scientists
Washington Post
December 17, 2025
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Article
A Washington Post-PBS Frontline
investigation uncovers new details
about Israel’s Operation Narnia — the
assassination campaign against Iranian
nuclear scientists.
East
Asia
N. Korea fires ballistic missiles
as US capture of Maduro unnerves Kim
Jong-un
The Korea Times
January 4, 2026
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Article Here
North Korea fired multiple ballistic
missiles into the East Sea on Sunday,
a move analysts said underscored its
leader Kim Jong-un's unease after the
United States captured Venezuelan
President Nicolas Maduro in a surprise
overnight military operation.
OPINION: Nuclear Weapons for
Japan's National Security Deserve
Open Debate
Sankei Shimbun - Editorial Board
December 29, 2025
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Article Here
Japan's national security priority is
preventing its citizens from again
suffering the horrors caused by
nuclear weapons. No options should be
excluded.
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