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Russian nuclear threat and AI emergence push Doomsday Clock closer to midnight

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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight. This is one second closer to the theoretical point of annihilation compared to last year's setting. The clock is a symbolic representation created in 1947 during the Cold War, and its purpose is to represent the likelihood of human extinction.

  1. US
    Daniel Holz
    1. There are other potential hotspots around the world, including Taiwan and North Korea. Any of these could turn into a conflagration involving nuclear powers, with unpredictable and potentially devastating outcomes.
    2. We are watching closely and hope that the ceasefire in Gaza will hold. Tensions in the Middle East including with Iran are still dangerously unstable.
    3. At 89 seconds to midnight, the Doomsday Clock stands closer to catastrophe than at any moment in its history.

Russian Nuclear Capabilities

  1. Vladimir Putin expresses hope of no need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
  2. Putin Updates Russia's Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine in Response to US Arms Decision for Ukraine
  3. Russia holds nuclear forces exercise simulating retaliatory strikes

sources

  1. 1.ABC News (Australia)
  2. 2.The Guardian
  3. 3.The New York Times
  4. 4.Al Jazeera
  5. 5.South China Morning Post
  6. 6.The Times
  7. 7.Agence France-Presse
  8. 8.Times
  9. 9.Townsville Bulletin

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Russian Foreign Policy
  3. 3.Russia-Ukraine War
  4. 4.US-Russia Relations
  5. 5.Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
  6. 6.Nuclear Weapons
  7. 7.Russian Politics
  8. 8.Ukrainian Politics

countries

  1. 1.Russian FederationRU
  2. 2.UkraineUA
  3. 3.ChinaCN
  4. 4.United StatesUS
  5. 5.Korea, Democratic People's Republic ofKP
  6. 6.ColombiaCO
  7. 7.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  8. 8.Taiwan, Province of ChinaTW
  9. 9.AustraliaAU
  10. 10.KazakhstanKZ
  11. 11.South AfricaZA

organizations

  1. 1.Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
  2. 2.Science and Security Board
  3. 3.University of Chicago
  4. 4.World Health Organization
  5. 5.Krem­lin
  6. 6.UN World Meteorological Organization
  7. 7.British Antarctic Survey
  8. 8.DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence

persons

  1. 1.Daniel HolzUS
  2. 2.Albert Einstein
  3. 3.J Robert Oppenheimer
  4. 4.Eugene Rabinowitch
  5. 5.Alexander Glaser
  6. 6.Michael Levenson
  7. 7.Rachel Bronson
  8. 8.Vladimir PutinRU
  9. 9.Win McNamee
  10. 10.Alexander Langsdorf Jr
  11. 11.George HW Bush
  12. 12.Juan Manuel SantosCO

technicals

  1. 1.Soviet Union
  2. 2.Doomsday Clock
  3. 3.Nobel Prize
  4. 4.World War II
  5. 5.Manhattan Project
  6. 6.Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
  7. 7.Cold War
  8. 8.Israel-Gaza War