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Daigo Fukuryu Maru

CNS collaborates with the Daigo Fukuryu Maru Exhibition Hall to explore visual narratives of nuclear testing and its humanitarian consequences

We invite readers to reflect critically on the legacy of nuclear testing and to consider the ongoing relevance of efforts toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

Hiroshima dome. Src: Masako Toki

Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

Commemorating 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is not about history alone. It is about the future.

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The treaty meant to control nuclear risks is under strain 80 years after the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Threats to the NPT suggest the world appears far removed from the vision of avoiding nuclear catastrophe.

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.

Cyrus Jabbari

CENTCOM Introduces Cyrus Jabbari as New Chief Data Officer

Mr. Jabbari earned a Master of Arts in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies with Farsi language study from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.

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Time for Iran to make a no-enrichment nuclear deal

The time has come for Iran’s leaders to reconsider their past posture and instead pursue a nuclear power program that will benefit the Iranian people.

2025 Summer Undergraduate Fellows with Dr. William Potter, CNS Director, and Masako Toki, Sr. Project Manager

CNS Continues to Educate the Next Generation of Nonproliferation Experts through the Summer Undergraduate Program

The program reinforces CNS’s role in shaping the next generation of leaders in the field.

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Russia no longer needs Iran’s help to sustain the war in Ukraine

Iran provided Russia with badly needed Shahed 136 combat drones and their production technology early in the Ukraine war.

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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Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran?

Backing the most anti-Western Middle Eastern power was convenient until it wasn’t.