Serhii Plokhy

Serhii Plokhy is a professor of history at Harvard University and the author of The Nuclear Race: The Epic Race for Arms, Power and Survival , and David and Goliath: Commentaries on the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Feb

‘The Chernobyl parameter’

Feature: Why are so many countries rethinking their nuclear strategies? Serhii Plokhy on the emerging dangers of a new arms race.

23 Feb 2026

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