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South Africa and the 1995 NPT Review Conference

NPT members should be seriously alarmed about the treaty’s future.

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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Dual-Track Nuclear Disarmament: Institutional Design of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Dr. Stephen Herzog publishes an article that examines and answers common objections to the Nuclear Ban Treaty.

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Why States Join Multilateral Nuclear Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament Treaties

Dr. Stephen Herzog publishes book chapter in volume on nuclear negotiations.

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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.

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Finally a Functional Regime: the reconvening of the Nuclear Suppliers Group in the 1990s.

Dr. Ian Stewart, CNS’s Executive Director in Washington, DC, has published a new article in the Journal of Strategic Trade Control.

Dr. Hanna Notte spoke at the Helsinki Security Forum 2025 on the panel "Russia and the Future of the European Security Order."

Russia and the Future of the European Security Order

Dr. Hanna Notte spoke at the Helsinki Security Forum 2025 on a panel alongside Sam Charap (RAND), Nigel Gould-Davies (IISS) and Sinikukka Saari (FIIA).

Arms Control Association (ACA)

Waiting for Godot at the 2026 NPT Review Conference Review

Some meetings of nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) member states are remembered for artistic performances as well as nonproliferation and disarmament achievements.

Layered Verification: Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament and Highly Latent Nuclear States

Layered Verification: Irreversible Nuclear Disarmament and Highly Latent Nuclear States

This report offers a framework for managing proliferation-sensitive capabilities of advanced civilian nuclear powers and former nuclear-armed states.

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.