Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling directed at NATO while it continues its war against Ukraine has brought nuclear weapons back into public consciousness. Tom Nichols, author of the Death of Expertise, recounts in an Atlantic essay that since the end of the Cold War, nuclear weapons illiteracy has grown.
Rebeccah Heinrichs is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute.
Matthew R. Costlow is a senior analyst at the National Institute for Public Policy. He previously served in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Nuclear and Missile Defense Policy.
