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

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

Atomic Responsiveness: How Public Opinion Shapes Elite Beliefs and Preferences on Nuclear Weapon Use

Dr. Stephen Herzog and co-authors investigate how varying levels of public support shape U.S. and U.K. policymakers’ willingness to endorse nuclear use.

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Now Accepting Applications: Pilot Course on Radiological Security for Policy Students and Professionals

Graduate students and professionals—particularly from non-technical fields—to learn radiation and radiological security in this comprehensive program.

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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.

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Better know a non-nuke: Iraq

Dr. Stephen Herzog discusses the Iraq case and lessons for nuclear nonproliferation and verification on IISS podcast.

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Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility

Dr. Stephen Herzog co-authors one of the first academic articles exploring how AI might affect the spread of nuclear weapons.

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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.