Scott Sagan Archives

Republican elites are playing with fire. Here’s what nuclear strategists would tell them.

Henry Farrell and Elizabeth N. Saunders - November 10, 2020

Even those who don’t take Trump’s assault on democracy seriously are dancing on the edge of political Armageddon

Scott D. Sagan and Benjamin A. Valentino - December 16, 2019

Americans show much less tolerance for war crimes than they did during the war in Vietnam.

Thomas Doyle - April 12, 2015

[caption id="attachment_23610" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] Iranian President Hassan Rouhani,

Alexander Montgomery - April 6, 2015

[caption id="attachment_23477" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A poster of Iran's Supreme Leader

Matthew Connelly - July 11, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12832" align="aligncenter" width="460"] A nuclear explosion over Bikini Atoll

Matthew Connelly - July 11, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12832" align="aligncenter" width="460"] A nuclear explosion over Bikini Atoll

Colin Kahl - July 9, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12752" align="aligncenter" width="615"] A military truck carries a Sejil

Peter Feaver - July 8, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12700" align="aligncenter" width="1813"] The famous State Room scene from

Francis Gavin - July 8, 2014

[caption id="attachment_12690" align="aligncenter" width="990"] A man looks over the expanse

Erik Voeten - November 17, 2011

Why have nuclear weapons not been used after they seemingly