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An Intensive Short Course on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament for South African Diplomats and Practitioners

In November 2018, CNS co-partnered a one-week intensive course to 30 participants from South Africa.

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NPT Roundtable Discussion Co-hosted by CNS and the Malaysian Mission to the UN

The event, entitled “The 2019 NPT PrepCom: What Is to Be Done?” was held on October 25, 2018 at the Malaysian Mission in New York.

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CNS International Advisory Council Focuses on US-Russia Relations

This meeting invariably stimulates a lively and informed exchange of views across a range of topics. This year was no exception.

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

OP#40: Monitoring Uranium Mining and Milling in China and North Korea through Remote Sensing Imagery

Monitoring uranium mines and mills from space can provide insight into possible nuclear-weapons proliferation.

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Trump’s Punk Rock Nuclear Policy

The only reason to pull out of the INF Treaty is to give a middle finger to the world.

OP#39: Safeguards and Verification in Inaccessible Territories

Identifying lessons from Iraq, Libya, Syria, Fukushima/Japan, and Crimea/Ukraine.

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The Presidential Nuclear Initiatives, 1991-1992

An assessment of past performance and future relevance

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It Is Time to Update the President’s Nuclear Command Authority

Increased oversight, under the right circumstances, would decrease the risk of any US president using nuclear weapons preemptively or without just cause.

Nuclear power plant at night (Src: Pixababy from Pexels, used under Creative Commons Zero license)

Radioactive Material is Still Missing in Malaysia: Cause for Concern?

This material could be used to build a radiological dispersal device (RDD), commonly known as a “dirty bomb.”

U.S. developed M-388 Davy Crockett nuclear weapon mounted to a recoilless rifle on a tripod, shown here at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland in March 1961. (Department of Defense)

Point and Nuke

Remembering the era of portable atomic bombs.