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This Is Not the World Russia Wants

A belligerent America Is foiling Putin’s strategy.

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Mitigating Miscalculation The Role of Pre-Launch Notifications in Strategic Stability

The first comprehensive study that explores the critical role of pre-launch notifications for ballistic missiles and space-launch vehicles in maintaining global strategic stability.

The New York Times

Putin Had High Hopes for Trump. They Have Been Dashed.

Unable to get from Mr. Trump what he wants in Ukraine, Mr. Putin will fight on, sinking Russia’s resources ever more deeply into his calamitous war.

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Reliable Not Reckless

Dr. Stephen Herzog and co-authors analyze how global publics viewed the Biden administration’s extensive but restricted military aid to Ukraine in 2022-2023.

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Winning Hearts and Minds? How the United States Reassured During the Russo-Ukrainian War

CNS researcher co-authors academic study involving original public opinion surveys in 24 countries on 6 continents.

Nuclear Assembly for Nobel Laureates, July 14, 2025. (Photo by Jean Lachat)

CNS Experts Join Nobel Laureate Assembly for the Prevention of Nuclear War

On the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear test explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico, Nobel Laureates and nuclear experts convened at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Christopher Lawrence - The Balance of Nuclear Humility: Techno-optimism, Complexity, and the Perils of Nuclear Primacy

The Balance of Nuclear Humility: Techno-optimism, Complexity, and the Perils of Nuclear Primacy

Watch a seminar video with Dr. Christopher Lawrence.

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Today’s US-Russia détente is unlike those of the past

Steeled by years of confrontation, Moscow will not give up just anything in hope of future reciprocity.

U.S.-China Arms Control: 5 Ideas in Nuclear and Emerging Technologies

U.S.-China Arms Control: 5 Ideas in Nuclear and Emerging Technologies

Raymond Wang’s research examines the strategies and tools rising powers use to shape international order.

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.