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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.

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Eroding Nuclear Norms and the Future of Non-Proliferation with Dr. William Potter

On The International Risk Podcast, Dominic Bowen is joined by Dr. William Potter to explore the escalating risks and eroding norms surrounding nuclear weapons in today’s fractured global order.

Figure 1: The suspect enrichment facility near Yongbyon.

Suspect Enrichment Facility in the DPRK

On June 9, 2025, the IAEA reported the “construction of a new building at Yongbyon which has dimensions and features similar to the Kangson enrichment plant.”

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At 100 days, what Trump’s new trade policy means for nonproliferation and international security

More than 100 days into his second term, President Trump’s international agenda is beginning to take shape.

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A Challenged but Unbroken Nuclear Order 

A new podcast episode checks in on the health of the global nuclear order.

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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.