Expert

Left to right: Dave Schmerler, Jeffrey Lewis, and Melissa Hanham

True Detectives

On California’s magnificent Central Coast, a group of North Korea experts track Pyongyang’s every nuclear move. But—if we’re listening—the story they’re telling us is also about ourselves.

CNS Spring 2018 Visiting Fellows (from left to right): Kunduz Estebes, Dia Kedze, Nadya Maslennikova, Zaur Akhrakhadze.

Four Visiting Fellows Complete Nonproliferation Training in Monterey

All fellows received certificates of completion and joined a growing worldwide cohort of experts trained by CNS.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Bibi’s Infomercial for the Iran Deal

Smoke and mirrors aside, the Israeli prime minister’s presentation was an endorsement of existing nuclear diplomacy with Tehran.

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel (Src: Wikimedia Commons)

Netanyahu and Iran’s Atomic Archive: What’s New and What’s Not

Tehran’s nuclear planners envisioned an arsenal so small as to make Kim Jong Un giggle.

North Korean Flags in Pyongyang

Optimism About Korea Will Kill Us All

The first step towards peace is lowering your expectations.

Upcoming Event Washington DC

The Six-Day War (1967) Revisited: The Nuclear Dimension

MAY 31, 2018: A half-day panel discussion co-hosted with the Nuclear Proliferation International History Project.

High school students from Japan, US, and Russia discuss the Nuclear Ban Treaty in Monterey.

High School Students from Japan, US, and Russia discuss the Nuclear Ban Treaty in Monterey

The conference was held in Monterey, CA, March 30–31.

Video: State-Sponsored Radiological Weapons Programs

State-Sponsored Radiological Weapons Programs

VIDEO: CNS researchers explore the history of state radiological weapons programs and how to deal with them.

Dr. Peter Hayes, the founder of the Nautilus Institute

NC3: Is There a Ghost in the Machine?

VIDEO: Dr. Peter Hayes, Nautilus Institute, speaks in Dr. Avner Cohen’s seminar “The President and the Bomb.”

North Korea Nuclear / Radiological

The Word That Could Help the World Avoid Nuclear War

“Denuclearization” is a strange term, unique to the Korean Peninsula. But it works for now.