The Nonproliferation Review

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Nonproliferation Review Volume 32 Published

CNS recently published two new issues of its flagship peer-reviewed journal.

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After Nuclear Deterrence: Insights and Uncharted Frontiers

Dr. Stephen Herzog and colleagues provide insights into the recently completed MacArthur Foundation-funded Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group.

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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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Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail

Dr. Stephen Herzog is the lead editor of a newly published edited volume on counterproductive consequences in nuclear politics.

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Nonproliferation Review Publishes First Special Issue on “Beyond Nuclear Deterrence”

The Nonproliferation Review features a special collection of articles by the Harvard–MacArthur Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group.

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Getting Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: A Research Agenda

Dr. Stephen Herzog and co-authors lay out research directions for thinking about a durable nuclear-weapons-free world.

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The Inherent Unpredictability of Nuclear Deterrence

This essay by Jeff Knopf is the lead article in a special issue of The Nonproliferation Review featuring papers from the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence working group.

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Article on Russian nuclear strategy during Ukraine war takes top McElvany Award

An article providing key insights into Russian nuclear strategy during the first 18 months of the war in Ukraine has won the grand prize.

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Nonproliferation Review and CNS Announce McElvany Award Winners

Grand Prize winner: “A tale of two fuel cycles: defining enrichment and reprocessing in the nonproliferation regime” by Sidra Hamidi and Chantell Murphy.

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Re-emphasizing the Human Factor in Nuclear Security

Two experts explore the role of human factors in undermining nuclear security and suggest some ways to curb the risks.