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Stephen Herzog

The Trilateral Dilemma: Great Power Competition, Global Nuclear Order, and Russia’s War on Ukraine

Scholars and policy analysts have debated the health of the global nuclear order since the beginning of Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Why nuclear-powered commercial ships are a bad idea

Nuclear-powered cargo ships are a particularly bad idea in an era of international terrorism and piracy.

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The Risk of Renewed Nuclear Testing

The end of nuclear weapons testing is a significant nonproliferation success, yet concerns about its resumption persist.

OP#60: Nuclear China in the Twenty-First Century: Status and Implications for the World and Europe

Concerns over China’s rapid nuclear arsenal expansion have prompted global efforts to assess its implications, especially for NATO’s security.

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The Age of Great-Power Distraction

Great-power distraction invites considerable long-term risk.

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First steps on a long path: seizing the opportunity to reduce US-China nuclear risks

Incentivizing China to see nuclear and risk reduction as beneficial rather than detrimental will require skillful U.S. diplomacy to leverage pressure from allies in Europe and regional states.

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People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force Order of Battle 2023

Over the past decade China doubled its combat missile brigades and unveiled new capabilities revealing its fears and conceptions about how future wars in the region will be conducted.

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Cyber Offense and a Changing Strategic Paradigm

How will strategic relations among the US, Russia, and China be impacted as they work to implant stealthy malware to compromise each other’s nuclear weapon systems and critical infrastructures?

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An Indian Perspective on China’s Nuclear Weapons

Although both China and India have never issued a nuclear threat to each other, Beijing often views New Delhi as a peripheral threat.

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Export Control and Emerging Technology Control in an Era of Strategic Competition

This paper provides an overview of changes taking place in relation to export controls, particularly from a US perspective.