Annelise Riles

Protesters hold signs outside the RAF Base that hosts the U.S. Air Force on April 4 , 2026, in Lakenheath, England. The group set up a peace camp outside after suspicions that the base has been restocked with American nuclear weapons. (Martin Pope/Getty)

Annelise Riles: Here’s how we can defund the bomb

May 21, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

If we are serious about reducing nuclear risk, it is time for a different approach: Target the companies that profit.

President Donald Trump walks with Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell in November. Trump has urged Powell to lower interest rates further. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

Annelise Riles: The Fed can beat populist demagogues by educating the public

February 4, 2026 at 9:59 a.m.

The Federal Reserve actually has a very good story to tell the public about its choices.

A deactivated Titan II nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile is seen in a silo at the Titan Missile Museum on May 12, 2015 in Green Valley, Arizona. The museum is in a preserved launch complex and is devoted to educating visitors about the Cold War.

Annelise Riles: Nuclear weapons are an existential threat. We should eradicate them.

March 8, 2022 at 7:39 p.m.

For the first time in a generation, the nuclear threat has become a problem we can no longer avoid. Our national and global security depends on working toward the eradication...

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