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How Nuclear Security Can Help Bring the US and China Together on AI

Dr. Stephen Herzog proposes a 6-month U.S.–China pilot to test if AI can improve protection of civilian nuclear materials and facilities against theft, sabotage, and terrorism.

Hanna Notte

Author Talk: Hanna Notte —We Shall Outlast Them: Putin’s Global Campaign to Defeat the West

The chilling and revelatory story of how Russia’s confrontation with the West went global.

Dr. Siegfried Hecker and Dr. William Potter

Is Nuclear Cooperation with China Possible? Is It Desirable? Revisited.

Dr. Siegfried Hecker revisits the history of US-China cooperation in nuclear security.

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Partners in Rivalry: U.S.-China civil nuclear ties in historical perspective

A report by Yanliang Pan and Dr. Siegfried Hecker, with Dr. William Potter contributing, on U.S.-China cooperation in nuclear science, energy, and governance.

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Lessons from Los Alamos

An interview with Dr. Siegfried Hecker, the former Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory and CNS Distinguished Professor of Practice.

Doomed to Cooperate: A Conversation with Dr. Siegfried “Sig” Hecker

NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Dr. Siegfried “Sig” Hecker — the fifth director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and one of the world’s foremost authorities on plutonium.

Hanna Notte

Putin’s Gamble Might Pay Off

For all the jeopardy of the war, Mr. Putin has gambled on outlasting the West.

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A Personal Perspective of U.S.-China Nuclear Science and Security Cooperation

This article by Siegfried S. Hecker presents a historical narrative of U.S.-China cooperation in nuclear security following China’s political opening in the early 1970s.

Technical Cooperation on Nuclear Risk Reduction with China

This article by Siegfried S. Hecker and Stanford University colleague Larry D. Brandt presents their efforts at technical cooperation and nuclear risk reduction with China.

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This Is Not the World Russia Wants

A belligerent America Is foiling Putin’s strategy.