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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.

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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.

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.

Kenshin Cho

Protectionist export controls could be bad for nonproliferation

It compromises the very foundation of America’s export control regime—a measured approach to mitigating the risks of global trade.

War on the Rocks

The Good Old Days of the Cold War: US–Soviet Cooperation on Nonproliferation

Emphasis given to nonproliferation enabled cooperation during some of the most frigid moments of the Cold War.

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CNS Hosts High-Level US–Russia Workshop on Nonproliferation and Disarmament

A meeting was held with US and Russian nonproliferation experts to encourage potential future dialogue between the two countries.

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The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks against the United States

A speculative novel on how the United States and North Korea might stumble into a nuclear war, by CNS expert Jeffrey Lewis.

2018 Summer School in Mexico

Fifth Summer School on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation for Latin America and the Caribbean

Included discussions, a Nagasaki survivor’s testimony, a trip to OPANAL Headquarters, and a visit by Ambassador Gomez of the Ban Treaty.

Former Defense Secretary William Perry was one of the guests at he James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey on Tuesday. (Eduardo M. Fujii/CNS)

Former Defense Secretary William Perry Sounds Warning at MIIS Workshop

The danger today is the two countries would accidentally start a nuclear war because no one is talking to the other.