Brief prepared for the CNS-CENESS US-Russia Dialogue on Nuclear Issues in Moscow.
The US debates a greater reliance on nuclear weapons as Russia seems to decrease it.
Increasingly sophisticated Chinese and Russian technologies threaten the dominance of US technological innovation.
The era of traditional U.S.-Russian arms control appears to be ending.
A small but influential contingent of senior officials believes we should start testing again.
Russia’s catastrophic test of a nuclear-powered missile proves that a new global arms race will mean new nuclear accidents.
Accessible, policy-relevant scholarship can help inform both public and policymaker conversations.
Russian HEU policies, progress reducing and eliminating the civil use of HEU in Russia, and remaining challenges.
CNS experts on fact-checking, background, and implications of the accusations.